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Definition of shackle

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Shackle (n.) Something which confines the legs or arms so as to prevent their free motion; specifically, a ring or band inclosing the ankle or wrist, and fastened to a similar shackle on the other leg or arm, or to something else, by a chain or a strap; a gyve; a fetter..

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Ramshackle :: Ramshackle (a.) Loose; disjointed; falling to pieces; out of repair.

Trammel :: Trammel (n.) A kind of shackle used for regulating the motions of a horse and making him amble.

Jew''s-harp :: Jew's-harp (n.) The shackle for joining a chain cable to an anchor.

Empty :: Empty (superl.) Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, as a box, room, house, etc.; as, an empty chest, room, purse, or pitcher; an empty stomach; empty shackles..

Unshackle :: Unshackle (v. t.) To loose from shackles or bonds; to set free from restraint; to unfetter.

Shackle :: Shackle (v. t.) To tie or confine the limbs of, so as to prevent free motion; to bind with shackles; to fetter; to chain..

Shackle :: Shackle (n.) A link for connecting railroad cars; -- called also drawlink, draglink, etc..

Wearer :: Wearer (n.) One who wears or carries as appendant to the body; as, the wearer of a cloak, a sword, a crown, a shackle, etc..

Trammel :: Trammel (v. t.) To confine; to hamper; to shackle.

Shackle :: Shackle (v. t.) To join by a link or chain, as railroad cars..

Ramshackle :: Ramshackle (v. t.) To search or ransack; to rummage.

Shackle :: Shackle (n.) A fetterlike band worn as an ornament.

Manacle :: Manacle (v. t.) To put handcuffs or other fastening upon, for confining the hands; to shackle; to confine; to restrain from the use of the limbs or natural powers..

Shackle :: Shackle (n.) Stubble.

Fetter :: Fetter (n.) A chain or shackle for the feet; a chain by which an animal is confined by the foot, either made fast or disabled from free and rapid motion; a bond; a shackle..

Hamshackle :: Hamshackle (v. t.) To fasten (an animal) by a rope binding the head to one of the fore legs; as, to hamshackle a horse or cow; hence, to bind or restrain; to curb..

Manacle :: Manacle (n.) A handcuff; a shackle for the hand or wrist; -- usually in the plural.

Shackle :: Shackle (n.) The hinged and curved bar of a padlock, by which it is hung to the staple..

Bilbo :: Bilbo (n.) A long bar or bolt of iron with sliding shackles, and a lock at the end, to confine the feet of prisoners or offenders, esp. on board of ships..

Coupler :: Coupler (n.) One who couples; that which couples, as a link, ring, or shackle, to connect cars..