leg irons en · NOUN
Meanings
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(plural, plural-only) A fetter or shackle attached at the ankle.
Security is tight inside and outside the building, guarded by a bewildering collection of soldiers, policemen and gendarmes. Relatives watch as prisoners in handcuffs and leg irons shuffle past.
2014 November 27, Ian Black, “Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis”, in The Guardian:
Translations (5)
cmn 腳鐐 /脚镣 (fetter attached at the ankle) · grc πέδη (fetter attached at the ankle) · fi jalkaraudat (fetter attached at the ankle) · ota پرانقه (fetter attached at the ankle) · it ceppi (fetter attached at the ankle)