Definition of shackle

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

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Loose :: Loose (a.) To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve.
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..
Shackle :: Shackle (n.) A fetterlike band worn as an ornament.
Iron :: Iron (v. t.) To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff.
Ramshackle :: Ramshackle (a.) Loose; disjointed; falling to pieces; out of repair.
Gyve :: Gyve (n.) A shackle; especially, one to confine the legs; a fetter..
Ramshackle :: Ramshackle (v. t.) To search or ransack; to rummage.
Shacklock :: Shacklock (n.) A sort of shackle.
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..
Trammel :: Trammel (n.) A kind of shackle used for regulating the motions of a horse and making him amble.
Shackle :: Shackle (v. t.) Figuratively: To bind or confine so as to prevent or embarrass action; to impede; to cumber.
Hamper :: Hamper (n.) A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes.
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..
Wearer :: Wearer (n.) One who wears or carries as appendant to the body; as, the wearer of a cloak, a sword, a crown, a shackle, etc..
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..
Shackle :: Shackle (n.) The hinged and curved bar of a padlock, by which it is hung to the staple..
Unfetter :: Unfetter (v. t.) To loose from fetters or from restraint; to unchain; to unshackle; to liberate; as, to unfetter the mind..
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..
Coupler :: Coupler (n.) One who couples; that which couples, as a link, ring, or shackle, to connect cars..
Shackle :: Shackle (n.) Stubble.
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