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OTCWL2014 (NASPA Word List 2014)
TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)
"Shackle" Definition
noun
A hobble for an animal.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
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.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A restraint or check to action or progress. Often used in the plural: economic shackles that precluded further investment.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Any of several devices, such as a clevis, used to fasten or couple.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Something (as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms.
Source: Merriam-Webster
verb-transitive
To confine with shackles; fetter.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To fasten or connect with a shackle.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To restrict, confine, or hamper. See Synonyms at hamper1.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb
To bind with .
Source: Merriam-Webster
To make fast with or as if with a shackle.
Source: Merriam-Webster
To deprive of freedom especially of action by means of restrictions or handicaps .
Source: Merriam-Webster
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