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shackle

 

  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shackle  \Shac"kle\,  n. 
  Stubble.  [Prov.  Eng.]  --Pegge. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shackle  \Shac"kle\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Shackled};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Shackling}.] 
  1.  To  tie  or  confine  the  limbs  of  so  as  to  prevent  free 
  motion;  to  bind  with  shackles;  to  fetter;  to  chain. 
 
  To  lead  him  shackled,  and  exposed  to  scorn  Of 
  gathering  crowds,  the  Britons'  boasted  chief.  --J. 
  Philips. 
 
  2.  Figuratively:  To  bind  or  confine  so  as  to  prevent  or 
  embarrass  action  to  impede;  to  cumber. 
 
  Shackled  by  her  devotion  to  the  king,  she  seldom 
  could  pursue  that  object.  --Walpole. 
 
  3.  To  join  by  a  link  or  chain,  as  railroad  cars.  [U.  S.] 
 
  {Shackle  bar},  the  coupling  between  a  locomotive  and  its 
  tender.  [U.S.] 
 
  {Shackle  bolt},  a  shackle.  --Sir  W.  Scott. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shackle  \Shac"kle\,  n.  [Generally  used  in  the  plural.]  [OE. 
  schakkyll  schakle  AS  scacul  sceacul  a  shackle,  fr 
  scacan  to  shake;  cf  D.  schakel  a  link  of  a  chain,  a  mesh, 
  Icel.  sk["o]kull  the  pole  of  a  cart.  See  {Shake}.] 
  1.  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. 
 
  His  shackles  empty  left  himself  escaped  clean. 
  --Spenser. 
 
  2.  Hence  that  which  checks  or  prevents  free  action 
 
  His  very  will  seems  to  be  in  bonds  and  shackles. 
  --South. 
 
  3.  A  fetterlike  band  worn  as  an  ornament. 
 
  Most  of  the  men  and  women  .  .  .  had  all  earrings 
  made  of  gold,  and  gold  shackles  about  their  legs  and 
  arms.  --Dampier. 
 
  4.  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. 
 
  5.  A  link  for  connecting  railroad  cars;  --  called  also 
  {drawlink},  {draglink},  etc 
 
  6.  The  hinged  and  curved  bar  of  a  padlock,  by  which  it  is 
  hung  to  the  staple.  --Knight. 
 
  {Shackle  joint}  (Anat.),  a  joint  formed  by  a  bony  ring 
  passing  through  a  hole  in  a  bone,  as  at  the  bases  of 
  spines  in  some  fishes. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  shackle 
  n  1:  anything  that  restrains  (especially  something  used  to  tie 
  down  or  restrain  a  prisoner)  [syn:  {bond},  {hamper},  {trammel}, 
  {trammels}] 
  2:  a  U-shaped  bar;  the  open  end  can  be  passed  through  chain 
  links  and  closed  with  a  bar 
  v  1:  bind  the  arms  of  [syn:  {pinion}] 
  2:  restrain  with  fetters  [syn:  {fetter}]




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