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- Dictionaryshackle/ˈʃakl/
noun
- 1. a pair of fetters connected together by a chain, used to fasten a prisoner's wrists or ankles together.
- 2. a metal link, typically U-shaped, closed by a bolt, used to secure a chain or rope to something.
verb
- 1. chain with shackles: "the prisoner was shackled to the heavy steel chair in the centre of the room" Similar Opposite
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SHACKLE definition: 1. If you are shackled by something, it prevents you from doing what you want to do: 2. If you are…. Learn more.
The meaning of SHACKLE is something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms. How to use shackle in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Shackle.
In other words, a shackle is a restraint, either physical or psychological, that restricts movement. We generally think of shackles as some sort of heavy metal cuff that is used to keep prisoners in check.
noun. 1. (often plural) a metal ring or fastening, usually part of a pair used to secure a person's wrists or ankles; fetter. 2. (often plural) anything that confines or restricts freedom. a country ready to throw off the shackles of its colonial past. 3. a rope, tether, or hobble for an animal.
n. 1. A device, usually one of a pair connected to a chain, that encircles the ankle or wrist of a prisoner or captive. 2. A hobble for an animal. 3. Any of several devices, such as a clevis, used to fasten or couple. 4. often shackles A restraint or check on action or progress: "throwing off the puritanical shackles" (Ben Yagoda).
Shackle definition: A device, usually one of a pair connected to a chain, that encircles the ankle or wrist of a prisoner or captive.
noun. a ring or other fastening, as of iron, for securing the wrist, ankle, etc.; fetter. Synonyms: gyve, handcuff, manacle, chain. a hobble or fetter for a horse or other animal.
SHACKLE meaning: 1. to fasten a prisoner's arms or legs together with chains 2. to be prevented from doing what you…. Learn more.
shackle. [countable, usually plural] a metal ring placed around a prisoner’s wrist or ankle and joined by a chain to something, or to a shackle on the other wrist or ankle, to prevent the prisoner from escaping or moving easily. Definition of shackle noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
SHACKLE meaning: 1 : one of two rings or bands that are placed around a person's wrists or ankles and that are connected by a chain usually plural; 2 : something that prevents people from acting freely + of.
