Hamshackle definitions

hamshackle

to fetter; to restrain
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Hamshackle

• (v. t.) To fasten (an animal) by a rope binding the head to one of the fore legs; as, to hamshackle a horse or cow; hence, to bind or restrain; to curb.
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Hamshackle

Ham'shac`kle (hăm'shăk`'l) transitive verb [ Ham + shackle .] To fasten (an animal) by a rope binding the head to one of the fore legs; as, to hamshackle a horse or cow; hence, to bind or restrain; to curb.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/10

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