Definition of shackle

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

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Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To fasten or secure with, or as with, a bolt or bolts, as a door, a timber, fetters; to shackle; to restrain..
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.) A link for connecting railroad cars; -- called also drawlink, draglink, etc..
Ramshackle :: Ramshackle (a.) Loose; disjointed; falling to pieces; out of repair.
Bolt :: Bolt (n.) An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
Gyve :: Gyve (v. t.) To fetter; to shackle; to chain.
Shacklock :: Shacklock (n.) A sort of shackle.
Coupler :: Coupler (n.) One who couples; that which couples, as a link, ring, or shackle, to connect cars..
Unshackle :: Unshackle (v. t.) To loose from shackles or bonds; to set free from restraint; to unfetter.
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..
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..
Gyve :: Gyve (n.) A shackle; especially, one to confine the legs; a fetter..
Shackle :: Shackle (n.) A fetterlike band worn as an ornament.
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 (n.) A kind of shackle used for regulating the motions of a horse and making him amble.
Iron :: Iron (v. t.) To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff.
Trammel :: Trammel (n.) Fig.: Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, as a net or shackle..
Shackled :: Shackled (imp. & p. p.) of Shackl.
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..
Cramp :: Cramp (n.) That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance.
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