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shackle
('/S//&/k/@/l )

noun (n)

  • a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    bond, hamper, trammel
    source: wordnet30
  • a U-shaped bar; the open end can be passed through chain links and closed with a bar(noun.artifact)
    source: wordnet30
  • Stubble.(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • 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.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • bind the arms of(verb.contact)
    Synonym:
    pinion
    source: wordnet30
  • restrain with fetters(verb.contact)
    Synonym:
    fetter
    source: wordnet30
  • To tie or confine the limbs of, so as to prevent free motion; to bind with shackles; to fetter; to chain.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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