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Hackle :: Hackle (v. t.) To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel..

Bond :: Bond (n.) That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a shackle or a manacle..

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

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..

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..

Stricken :: Strick (n.) A bunch of hackled flax prepared for drawing into slivers.

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

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

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..

Gyve :: Gyve (v. t.) To fetter; to shackle; to chain.

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

Hamper :: Hamper (v. t.) To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle; to insnare; to inveigle; hence, to impede in motion or progress; to embarrass; to encumber..

Shackle :: Shackle (n.) Hence, that which checks or prevents free action..

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

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

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..

Hackle :: Hackle (v. t.) To tear asunder; to break in pieces.

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..

Dub :: Dub (v. t.) To prepare for fighting, as a gamecock, by trimming the hackles and cutting off the comb and wattles..

Trammel :: Trammel (n.) Fig.: Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, as a net or shackle..

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