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shack·le
(shăk′əl)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).
tr.v. shack·led, shack·ling, shack·les
1. To put shackles on (someone); confine with shackles.
2. To fasten or connect with a shackle.
3. To restrict, confine, or hamper. See Synonyms at hobble.
[Middle English schackel, from Old English sceacel, fetter.]
shack′ler n.
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shackle
(ˈʃækəl)n
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
4. (Mechanical Engineering) a U-shaped bracket, the open end of which is closed by a bolt (shackle pin), used for securing ropes, chains, etc
vb (tr)
5. to confine with or as if with shackles
6. to fasten or connect with a shackle
[Old English sceacel; related to Dutch schakel, Old Norse skokull wagon pole, Latin cingere to surround]
ˈshackler n
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shack•le
(ˈʃæk əl)n., v. -led, -ling. n.
1. a ring or other fastening, as of iron, for securing the wrist, ankle, etc.; fetter.
2. a hobble or fetter for a horse or other animal.
3. the U-shaped bar of a padlock.
4. any of various fastening or coupling devices.
5. Often, shackles. anything that serves to inhibit freedom, thought, etc.
v.t. 6. to confine or restrain by a shackle or shackles.
7. to fasten together with a shackle.
8. to restrict the freedom of.
[before 1000; (n.) Old English sceacel fetter; c. Low German schäkel hobble, Old Norse skǫkull wagon pole]
shack′ler, n.
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shackle
Past participle: shackled
Gerund: shackling
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| Noun | 1. |  shackle - a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)ball and chain - heavy iron ball attached to a prisoner by a chain handcuff, handlock, manacle, cuff - shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs constraint, restraint - a device that retards something's motion; "the car did not have proper restraints fitted" |
| 2. | shackle - a U-shaped bar; the open end can be passed through chain links and closed with a bar bar - a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon; "there were bars in the windows to prevent escape" padlock - a detachable lock; has a hinged shackle that can be passed through the staple of a hasp or the links in a chain and then snapped shut | |
| Verb | 1. | shackle - bind the arms of restrain, confine, hold - to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom" |
| 2. | shackle - restrain with fetters handcuff, manacle, cuff - confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs; "The police handcuffed the suspect at the scene of the crime" restrain, confine, hold - to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom" |
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shackle
verb
noun
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shackle
nounverb
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Translations
يُكَبِّل، يَضَع القيود، يَشْكُل
nasadit pouta
lænke
FesselFußfesselHandschellen
mankateno
kahleetsakkeli
béklyóbilincs
hlekkja
nasadiť putá
prangaya vurmak
shackle
[ˈʃækl]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
shackle
vt → in Ketten legen; they were shackled together/to the wall → sie waren aneinandergekettet/an die Wand (an)gekettet; to shackle somebody with something (fig) → jdn mit etw belasten; to be shackled by something (fig) → an etw (acc) → gebunden sein; to be shackled with something → die Belastung einer Sache (gen) → haben
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
shackle
[ˈʃækl] vt (bind) → mettere i ferri or i ceppi a (fig) (restrict) → ostacolaresee also shackles
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
shackles
(ˈʃӕklz) noun plural a pair of iron rings joined by a chain that are put on a prisoner's wrists, ankles etc, to limit movement. His captors put shackles on him.
ˈshackle verb to put shackles on.
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