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Hamshackle

Ham"shac`kle\, v. t. [Ham + shackle.] 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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