{"era":"current","word":"handcuff","meaning":"A pair of linked restraining rings for the wrists","children":[{"era":"pre-1100","word":"hand","meaning":"the end part of a person's arm beyond the wrist","children":[],"language":"Old English"},{"era":"1300s","word":"cuff","meaning":"a band at the end of a sleeve or trouser leg","children":[{"era":"1200s","word":"kuffe","meaning":"sleeve, cuff","children":[],"language":"Low German"}],"language":"Middle English"}],"language":"Modern English"}