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  1  definition  found 
 
  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. 




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