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Cramp :: Cramp (n.) That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance.

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

Loose :: Loose (a.) To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve.

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

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.

Shackle :: Shackle (n.) A link or loop, as in a chain, fitted with a movable bolt, so that the parts can be separated, or the loop removed; a clevis..

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..

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

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..

Shackled :: Shackled (imp. & p. p.) of Shackl.

Shackle :: 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..

Wear :: Wear (v. t.) To carry or bear upon the person; to bear upon one's self, as an article of clothing, decoration, warfare, bondage, etc.; to have appendant to one's body; to have on; as, to wear a coat; to wear a shackle..

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

Iron :: Iron (v. t.) To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff.

Gyve :: Gyve (n.) A shackle; especially, one to confine the legs; a fetter..

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

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

Hamper :: Hamper (n.) A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes.

Bolt :: Bolt (n.) An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.

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