English to English Dictionary -shackle

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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..

Shack :: Shack (n.) Liberty of winter pasturage.

Shack :: Shack (n.) A shiftless fellow; a low, itinerant beggar; a vagabond; a tramp..

Shackatory :: Shackatory (n.) A hound.

Shackle :: Shackle (n.) Stubble.

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..

Shackled :: Shackled (imp. & p. p.) of Shackl.

Shackling :: Shackling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shackl.

Shacklock :: Shacklock (n.) A sort of shackle.

Shackly :: Shackly (a.) Shaky; rickety.

Unshackle :: Unshackle (v. t.) To loose from shackles or bonds; to set free from restraint; to unfetter.