subs. (old).1. Andirons, or fire-dogs.
c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v. GLIMFENDERS, c. Andirons. RUM GLIM FENDERS, Silver Andirons.
1728. BAILEY, English Dictionary, s.v.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v.
2. (old).Handcuffs. [A pun on sense 1.]
1823. BADCOCK (Jon Bee), Dictionary of the Turf, etc., s.v.
1848. DUNCOMBE, Sinks of London Laid Open, s.v.