shackle

Definition of shackle in English English dictionary: By extension, to render immobile or incapable; to inhibit the progress or abilities of someone or something
This law would effectively shackle its opposition.; To restrain using shackles; to place in shackles; A restraint fit over a human or animal appendage, such as a wrist, ankle or finger. Usually used in plural, to indicate a pair joined by a chain; A U-shaped piece of metal secured with a pin or bolt across the opening, or a hinged metal loop secured with a quick-release locking pin mechanism. Sometimes referred to as a D shackle, a D closure or a green pin shackle; {v} to chain, fetter, bind, entangle; {i} metal ring used to fasten the hands or ankles, fetter, manacle, handcuff; Clevis or U-shaped metal fitting with a pin through the ends (32); Shackles are two metal rings joined by a chain which are fastened around someone's wrists or ankles in order to prevent them from moving or escaping. He unbolted the shackles on Billy's hands; Stainless steel link used to connect sails, lines, blocks, etc; The suspension ring of a chandelier, often elaborately shaped It is secured by a nut, itself fitted with a stop screw designed to prevent the shackle nut from unscrewing, making the shackle free to turn 360°; a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner); A link or loop, as in a chain, fitted with a movable bolt, so that the parts can be separated, or the loop removed; a clevis; a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) a U-shaped bar; the open end can be passed through chain links and closed with a bar; {f} bind someone's hand or ankles with handcuffs, fetter, manacle; a U-shaped bar; the open end can be passed through chain links and closed with a bar; If you are shackled by something, it prevents you from doing what you want to do. The trade unions are shackled by the (Hukuk) people who find themselves shackled to a high-stress job; Stubble; A U-shaped piece of iron or steel with eyes in the ends, closed by a shackle pin; The looped portion of the top of the padlock which swivels open and closed Some models offer different shackle sizes to accommodate door hardware; A U-shaped piece of metal secured with a pin or bolt across the opening, or a hinged metal loop secured with a quick-release locking pin mechanism; To shackle someone means to put shackles on them. the chains that were shackling his legs; Figuratively: To bind or confine so as to prevent or embarrass action; to impede; to cumber; a U-shaped piece of stainless steel with eyes in the ends, closed by a shackle pin; bind the arms of; Hence, that which checks or prevents free action; restrain with fetters; To join by a link or chain, as railroad cars; A fetterlike band worn as an ornament; A "U" shaped fitting with pin Turnbuckle - Device attached to wire rope for making limited adjustments in length It consists of a barrel and right and left hand threaded bolts; A "U" shaped connector with a pin or bolt across the open end; Used for connecting rigging hardware together and is the main stay of rigging Comes in various capacities ranging from 0 5Ton to 5Ton The pin is screwed into the body of the shackle Some pins can be locked using a nut and split pin for added security Submitted by Piers from London, UK; A link for connecting railroad cars; called also drawlink, draglink, etc; The hinged and curved bar of a padlock, by which it is hung to the staple; If you throw off the shackles of something, you reject it or free yourself from it because it was preventing you from doing what you wanted to do. a country ready to throw off the shackles of its colonial past; A U-shaped metal fitting with a cross pin or clevis pin that fits across the opening of the U as a closure; A restraint fit over an appendage, such as a wrist, ankle or finger. Usually used in plural, to indicate a pair joined by a chain; Something which confines the legs or arms so as to prevent their free motion; specifically, a ring or band inclosing the ankle or wrist, and fastened to a similar shackle on the other leg or arm, or to something else, by a chain or a strap; a gyve; a fetter; The looped metal locking section of the padlock; To tie or confine the limbs of, so as to prevent free motion; to bind with shackles; to fetter; to chain
harp shackle: a shackle shaped so that the opening is smaller than the circumference of the loop
shackled: Simple past tense and past participle of shackle
shackles: plural form of shackle
shackles: Restraints, (usually metal) often joined by a chain, placed around a prisoner's wrists or ankles to restrict their movement
shackles: {n} chains, fetters, rings, difficulties
Shackles: irons
Shackles: iron
shackled: past of shackle
shackled: Restrained by shackles, chained
shackled: bound by chains fastened around the ankles
shackles: {i} manacles, handcuffs, fetters, metal rings used to bind the hands or ankles
shackles: Restraints, (usually metal) often joined by a chain, placed around a prisoners wrists or ankles to restrict their movement