handcops

Updated: May 23, 2025

But in the Greek, the Latin, Wickliffe's, and Anglo-Saxon Bible we invariably find a word of which handcuffs is the only real translation. It is also interesting to note that in the Anglo-Saxon version the kings are bound in "footcops" and the nobles in "handcops."

Various - The Strand Magazine: Volume VII, Issue 37. January, 1894.: An Illustrated Monthly