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shackling |
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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