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Shackles

SHACK'LES

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1. Fetters, gyves, handcuffs, cords or something else that confines the limbs so as to restrain the use of them, or prevent free motion.
2. That which obstructs or embarrasses free action.
His very will seems to be in bonds and shackles. South.

Definition 2024


shackles

shackles

English

Noun

shackles

  1. plural of shackle
  2. Restraints, (usually metal) often joined by a chain, placed around a prisoner's wrists or ankles to restrict their movement.

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shackles

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of shackle

Scots

Noun

shackles

  1. plural of shackle

Verb

shackles

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of shackle