manicle

Etymology

From Middle English manicle, from Old French manicle (“gauntlet; manacle”).

manicle means on armor, a kind of attached mail glove or gauntlet. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 91 out of 100.

noun

On armor, a kind of attached mail glove or gauntlet.“[Footnotes:] impossible: Gawain clearly considers his pledge to be as binding as an oath. gauntlets: strictly speaking, manicles would in this case be chainmail mittens.”