Definition of shackle

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Shackle (v. t.) Figuratively: To bind or confine so as to prevent or embarrass action; to impede; to cumber.

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Ramshackle :: Ramshackle (a.) Loose; disjointed; falling to pieces; out of repair.
Shackled :: Shackled (imp. & p. p.) of Shackl.
Pastern :: Pastern (n.) A shackle for horses while pasturing.
Iron :: Iron (v. t.) To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff.
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..
Fetter :: Fetter (p. pr. & vb. n.) To put fetters upon; to shackle or confine the feet of with a chain; to bind.
Trammel :: Trammel (n.) A kind of shackle used for regulating the motions of a horse and making him amble.
Gyve :: Gyve (n.) A shackle; especially, one to confine the legs; a fetter..
Shackle :: Shackle (n.) A fetterlike band worn as an ornament.
Jew''s-harp :: Jew's-harp (n.) The shackle for joining a chain cable to an anchor.
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 (v. t.) Figuratively: To bind or confine so as to prevent or embarrass action; to impede; to cumber.
Shackle :: Shackle (n.) The hinged and curved bar of a padlock, by which it is hung to the staple..
Unbind :: Unbind (v. t.) To remove a band from; to set free from shackles or fastenings; to unite; to unfasten; to loose; as, unbind your fillets; to unbind a prisoner's arms; to unbind a load..
Unfetter :: Unfetter (v. t.) To loose from fetters or from restraint; to unchain; to unshackle; to liberate; as, to unfetter the mind..
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..
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..
Hamper :: Hamper (n.) A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes.
Gyve :: Gyve (v. t.) To fetter; to shackle; to chain.
Shackle :: Shackle (n.) Stubble.
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