Manĭca
（
χειρίς).
1.
A sleeve worn either separately (Pallad.
R. R. i. 43) or sewn to the tunic
(
Curt. iii. 7). The latter was long regarded as effeminate (
Verg. Aen. ix. 616;
Gell. vi.
12), but in the later Empire was regularly worn. It appears to have been developed
from a species of
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Manicae. (Rich.)
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glove with gauntlets, originally used by hedgers and huntsmen to protect
the hands and arms from briars and thistles. Such were probably the
χειρίδες of Homer (
Od. xxiv. 228, differing only from gloves in not having fingers. (See
Digitalia.)
2.
A handcuff, generally spoken of in the plural (
manicae), of which the
preceding illustration gives an example (Plaut.
Most. v. 1, 17).
3.
A grappling-iron used in naval battles (Lucan. iii. 565). See
Harpago.
