Darbies | n. pl. Manacles; handcuffs. [ Cant ] [ 1913 Webster ] Jem Clink will fetch you the darbies. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ In “The Steel Glass” by Gascoigne, printed in 1576, occurs the line “To binde such babes in father Derbies bands.” [ 1913 Webster ] |