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noun
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, one end of which is pivoted or sliding, the other end of which can be released, as for passing through a staple, and then fastened, as for securing a hasp.
4.
any of various fastening or coupling devices.
5.
Often, shackles. anything that serves to prevent freedom of procedure, thought, etc.
verb (used with object)
6.
to put a shackle or shackles on; confine or restrain by a shackle or shackles.
7.
to fasten or couple with a shackle.
8.
to restrain in action, thought, etc., as by restrictions; restrict the freedom of.
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Shackled
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Origin:
before 1000; (noun) Middle English schakle, schakyl(le); Old English sceacel fetter; cognate with Low German schakel hobble, Old Norse skǫkull wagon pole, (v.) late Middle English schaklyn, derivative of the noun
before 1000; (noun) Middle English schakle, schakyl(le); Old English sceacel fetter; cognate with Low German schakel hobble, Old Norse skǫkull wagon pole, (v.) late Middle English schaklyn, derivative of the noun
Related forms
shack·ler, noun
Synonyms
1. chain, manacle, handcuff, gyve, bilboes. 5. obstacle, obstruction, impediment, encumbrance. 6. restrict, fetter, chain, handcuff, hobble. 8. trammel, impede, slow, stultify, dull.
1. chain, manacle, handcuff, gyve, bilboes. 5. obstacle, obstruction, impediment, encumbrance. 6. restrict, fetter, chain, handcuff, hobble. 8. trammel, impede, slow, stultify, dull.
Antonyms
6, 8. liberate, free.
6, 8. liberate, free.
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
shackle
O.E. sceacel, from P.Gmc. *skakula- (cf. M.Du., Du. schakel "link of a chain," O.N. skökull "pole of a carriage"), of uncertain origin. The common notion of "something to fasten or attach" makes a connection with shake unlikely. The verb is first recorded c.1440. Shacklebolt "bolt which passes through
EXPANDthe eyes of a shackle" is recorded from 1688.
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