gyve
Usually gyves. a shackle, especially for the leg; fetter.
to shackle.
Origin of gyve
1Other words from gyve
- un·gyved, adjective
Words Nearby gyve
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How to use gyve in a sentence
So soon as the child began to speak, the gyve was riveted; and the boys and girls limped about their play like convicts.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI | Robert Louis StevensonI see the food to be wholesome,” said Jack; “and still it is no proof that a man should wear a gyve on his right leg.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI | Robert Louis StevensonGod knows,” said Jack, “I fear your anger; but yet your anger does not prove that a man should wear a gyve on his right leg.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI | Robert Louis StevensonBut the man, when his gyve spoke, spat and struck at Jack, and threw stones at him as he went away; so that his head was broken.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI | Robert Louis StevensonSo he stooped and put the gyve in his bosom; and the rough iron galled him as he went, and his bosom bled.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI | Robert Louis Stevenson
British Dictionary definitions for gyve
/ (dʒaɪv) archaic /
(tr) to shackle or fetter
(usually plural) fetters
Origin of gyve
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