Hamshackle :: Hamshackle (v. t.) To fasten (an animal) by a rope binding the head to one of the fore legs; as, to hamshackle a horse or cow; hence, to bind or restrain; to curb..
Ramshackle :: Ramshackle (a.) Loose; disjointed; falling to pieces; out of repair.
Ramshackle :: Ramshackle (v. t.) To search or ransack; to rummage.
Shack :: Shack (v. t.) To shed or fall, as corn or grain at harvest..
Shack :: Shack (v. t.) To feed in stubble, or upon waste corn..
Shack :: Shack (v. t.) To wander as a vagabond or a tramp.
Shack :: Shack (n.) The grain left after harvest or gleaning; also, nuts which have fallen to the ground..
Shackle :: Shackle (n.) 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..
Shackle :: Shackle (n.) Hence, that which checks or prevents free action..
Shackle :: Shackle (n.) A fetterlike band worn as an ornament.
Shackle :: Shackle (n.) 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..
Shackle :: Shackle (n.) A link for connecting railroad cars; -- called also drawlink, draglink, etc..
Shackle :: Shackle (n.) The hinged and curved bar of a padlock, by which it is hung to the staple..
Shackle :: Shackle (v. t.) To tie or confine the limbs of, so as to prevent free motion; to bind with shackles; to fetter; to chain..
Shackle :: Shackle (v. t.) Figuratively: To bind or confine so as to prevent or embarrass action; to impede; to cumber.
Shackle :: Shackle (v. t.) To join by a link or chain, as railroad cars..