Look up: shackle

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   shackle
   [n] - a U-shaped bar 2. [n] - a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
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   Shackle
   Part of the indispensable equipment on the boat. It is a small device used for attaching lines to other things, like sails.
   Found on http://www.go-sail.co.uk/dglosss.asp
   
   
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   Shackle
   a metal device used to attach sails to halyards
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   shackle
   suspension or convecting device for insulator chains Category: Various industries and crafts • `U`shaped steel forging with a pin through an eye on each end of the`U`which serves as connecting links for rigging components Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • `U`shaped steel forging with a pin through an eye on each end of the`U`which ser...
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   Shackle
   Shac'kle noun Stubble. [ Prov. Eng.] Pegge.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/79
   
   
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   Shackle
   Shac'kle noun [ Generally used in the plural.] [ Middle English schakkyll , schakle , Anglo-Saxon scacul , sceacul , a shackle, from scacan to shake; confer Dutch schakel a link of a chain, a mesh, Icelandic skökull the pole of a cart. See Shake .] 1. Something which confines the legs or arms so as to prevent their free motion; speci ...
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   Shackle
   Shac'kle transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Shackled ; present participle & verbal noun Shackling .] 1. To tie or confine the limbs of, so as to prevent free motion; to bind with shackles; to fetter; to chain. « To lead him shackled , and exposed to scorn Of gathering crowds, the Britons' boasted chief.& ...
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   shackle
   1. 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. 'His shackles empty left; himself escaped clean.' (Spenser) ... 2. Hence, that which chec ...
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   shackle
   bond noun a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
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    Shackle
    `Shackle` and similar can mean: *A type of fastening device, often used as part of boat etc rigging: see below *A type of restraint device: see fetters *Shackles (Praise You) is a song by Mary Mary *As part of a land vehicle, a shackle is a link connecting a leaf spring to the frame *An Australian Metal Band, known for their song `Screw Helmet Boy` ---- A `shackle` is a U-shaped piece of metal secured with a pin or bolt across the opening, or a h...
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    Shackle
    • (v. t.) To tie or confine the limbs of, so as to prevent free motion; to bind with shackles; to fetter; to chain. • (n.) Stubble. • (n.) Hence, that which checks or prevents free action. • (n.) A fetterlike band worn as an ornament. • (n.) A link for connecting railroad cars; -- called also drawlink, draglink, etc. •...
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    Shackle
    Threaded rods to which the hoist cables are socketed and which bolt to the hitch plate and the counterweight.
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    shackle
    a traditional unit of length used for measuring the lengths of nautical cables and chains, especially anchor chains. Anchor chains are formed by using shackles to join short lengths of chain. When the anchor is dropped and the chain runs out, a seaman counting the number of shackles can report the total length of chain deployed. The size of the uni...
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