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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.
one of a pair of metal rings connected by a chain and fastened to a person’s wrists or the bottoms of the legs to prevent the person from escaping: The prisoner was led away in shackles. shackle. verb [ T ] us / ˈʃæk·əl /
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.
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. 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.
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).
Shackles are two metal rings joined by a chain which are fastened around someone's wrists or ankles in order to prevent them from moving or escaping. [...]
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. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words.
