Look up: shackle

1. 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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2. Shackle
   Part of the indispensable equipment on the boat. It is a small device used for attaching lines to other things, like sails.
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3. Shackle
   a metal device used to attach sails to halyards
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4. 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 in...
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5. Shackle
   Shac'kle noun Stubble. [ Prov. Eng.] Pegge.
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6. 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
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7. 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 b...
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8. 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 esca...
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9. shackle
   bond noun a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
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10. 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 ca...
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11. Shackle
    Threaded rods to which the hoist cables are socketed and which bolt to the hitch plate and the counterweight.
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12. 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 t...
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13. shackle
    Obsolete unit of length, used at sea for measuring cable or chain. One shackle is 15 fathoms (90 ft/27 m)
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14. Shackle
    One weave; a single crossing of flight paths; maneuver to adjust/ regain formation parameters.
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15. shackle
    A U-shaped metal connector with a locking pin.
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16. Shackle
    A `shackle`, also known as a `gyve`, is a U-shaped piece of metal secured with a clevis pin or bolt across the opening, or a hinged metal loop secured with a quick-release locking pin mechanism. They are used as a connecting link in all manner of rigging systems, from boats and ships to industrial c...
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