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Shackle :: Shackle (v. t.) To join by a link or chain, as railroad cars..

Jew''s-harp :: Jew's-harp (n.) The shackle for joining a chain cable to an anchor.

Shackle :: Shackle (n.) A fetterlike band worn as an ornament.

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

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

Gyve :: Gyve (v. t.) To fetter; to shackle; to chain.

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..

Unbind :: Unbind (v. t.) To remove a band from; to set free from shackles or fastenings; to unite; to unfasten; to loose; as, unbind your fillets; to unbind a prisoner's arms; to unbind a load..

Hamper :: Hamper (v. t.) To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle; to insnare; to inveigle; hence, to impede in motion or progress; to embarrass; to encumber..

Bilbo :: Bilbo (n.) A long bar or bolt of iron with sliding shackles, and a lock at the end, to confine the feet of prisoners or offenders, esp. on board of ships..

Ramshackle :: Ramshackle (v. t.) To search or ransack; to rummage.

Fetter :: Fetter (n.) A chain or shackle for the feet; a chain by which an animal is confined by the foot, either made fast or disabled from free and rapid motion; a bond; a shackle..

Cramp :: Cramp (n.) That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance.

Shackle :: Shackle (v. t.) Figuratively: To bind or confine so as to prevent or embarrass action; to impede; to cumber.

Trammel :: Trammel (n.) A kind of shackle used for regulating the motions of a horse and making him amble.

Manacle :: Manacle (n.) A handcuff; a shackle for the hand or wrist; -- usually in the plural.

Ramshackle :: Ramshackle (a.) Loose; disjointed; falling to pieces; out of repair.

Fetter :: Fetter (p. pr. & vb. n.) To put fetters upon; to shackle or confine the feet of with a chain; to bind.

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

Gyve :: Gyve (n.) A shackle; especially, one to confine the legs; a fetter..

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