SHACKLE
\ʃˈakə͡l], \ʃˈakəl], \ʃ_ˈa_k_əl]\
Definitions of SHACKLE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
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a U-shaped bar; the open end can be passed through chain links and closed with a bar
By Princeton University
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a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
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a U-shaped bar; the open end can be passed through chain links and closed with a bar
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Stubble.
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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.
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Hence, that which checks or prevents free action.
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A fetterlike band worn as an ornament.
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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.
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The hinged and curved bar of a padlock, by which it is hung to the staple.
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To tie or confine the limbs of, so as to prevent free motion; to bind with shackles; to fetter; to chain.
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Figuratively: To bind or confine so as to prevent or embarrass action; to impede; to cumber.
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To join by a link or chain, as railroad cars.
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A link for connecting railroad cars; - called also drawlink, draglink, etc.
By Oddity Software
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Stubble.
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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.
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Hence, that which checks or prevents free action.
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A fetterlike band worn as an ornament.
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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.
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The hinged and curved bar of a padlock, by which it is hung to the staple.
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To tie or confine the limbs of, so as to prevent free motion; to bind with shackles; to fetter; to chain.
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Figuratively: To bind or confine so as to prevent or embarrass action; to impede; to cumber.
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To join by a link or chain, as railroad cars.
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A link for connecting railroad cars; - called also drawlink, draglink, etc.
By Noah Webster.
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Anything that prevents free action, as a strap or chain; a fetter; a handcuff.
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To tie or confine so as to prevent free action; to fetter; embarrass or hinder; fasten with a strap, chain, etc.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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