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Shackle logo #10101) Bind the arms of 2) Bond 3) Constraint 4) Fetter, hamper 5) Hamper 6) Leg-iron 7) Restrain with fetters 8) Restraint 9) Symbol of oppression 10) Trammel 11) Trammels 12) What a prisoner might wear
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Shackle logo #10101) Chain 2) Chains 3) Cuffs 4) Enslave 5) Fetter 6) Hamper 7) Handcuff 8) Handcuffs 9) Handlock 10) Hinder 11) Hobble 12) Hogtie 13) Irons 14) Leg iron 15) Manacle 16) Millstone 17) Pinion 18) Tie 19) Trammels
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Shackle logo #21000 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. The term also applies to handcuffs and other similarly conceived restraint devices that function in a similar manner. Shackles are the primary connecting link...
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Shackle logo #22634U-shaped iron fitting with a removable pin.
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Shackle logo #21002• (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 logo #21366A U-shaped metal connector with a locking pin.
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Shackle logo #20645Part 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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shackle logo #209731. 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 che...
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Shackle logo #10444a metal device used to attach sails to halyards
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Shackle logo #20972Shac'kle noun Stubble. [ Prov. Eng.] Pegge.
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Shackle logo #20972Shac'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. « T...
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Shackle logo #21253One weave; a single crossing of flight paths; maneuver to adjust/ regain formation parameters.
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shackle logo #20400[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 logo #20974bond noun a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
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Shackle logo #21083Threaded rods to which the hoist cables are socketed and which bolt to the hitch plate and the counterweight.
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shackle logo #21221Obsolete unit of length, used at sea for measuring cable or chain. One shackle is 15 fathoms (90 ft/27 m)
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shackle logo #23665 a restraint that confines or restricts freedom
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shackle logo #23665[Showtime words] restrain with or as if with fetters
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shackle logo #23665[El Deafo glossary] a restraint that confines or restricts freedom
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