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shack⋅le

  [shak-uhl] noun, verb, -led, -ling.
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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.
Origin:
bef. 1000; (n.) ME schakle, schakyl(le); OE sceacel fetter; c. LG schakel hobble, ON skǫkull wagon pole, (v.) late ME schaklyn, deriv. of the n.

Related forms:
shackler, 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.

Antonyms:
6, 8. liberate, free.
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Shackles
 Screw pin anchor shackles in both domestic and import at 1st Chain.
 1st-ChainSupply.com
Screw Pin Anchor Shackles
 Forged galvanized steel shackles 3/8" to 1-1/2" anchor shackles
 ACIHoist.com
shack·le   (shāk'əl)   


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n.  
  1. A metal fastening, usually one of a pair, for encircling and confining the ankle or wrist of a prisoner or captive; a fetter or manacle.
  2. A hobble for an animal.
  3. Any of several devices, such as a clevis, used to fasten or couple.
  4. A restraint or check to action or progress. Often used in the plural: economic shackles that precluded further investment.
tr.v.   shack·led, shack·ling, shack·les
  1. To confine with shackles; fetter.
  2. To fasten or connect with a shackle.
  3. To restrict, confine, or hamper. See Synonyms at hamper1.

[Middle English schackel, from Old English sceacel, fetter.]
shack'ler n.
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