shackles

shack·le (sh

1. 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.

2. A hobble for an animal.

3. Any of several devices, such as a clevis, used to fasten or couple.

4. A restraint or check to action or progress. Often used in the plural: economic shackles that precluded further investment.

tr.v. shack·led, shack·ling, shack·les

1. To confine with shackles; fetter.

2. To fasten or connect with a shackle.

3. To restrict, confine, or hamper. See Synonyms at hamper¹.

[Middle English schackel, from Old English sceacel, fetter.]

shackler n.

shackle

left to right: spin and anchor shackles

Translations

shackles [ˈʃæk^əlz] npl

(on prisoner) → chaînes fpl, entraves fpl

(fig) (= restrictions) the shackles of the past → le joug du passé
to throw off the shackles of the past → se libérer du joug du passé

shackles [ˈʃæklz] npl → ceppi mpl, ferri mpl (fig) (constraints) → impacci mpl

shackles

n pl shackles [ˈʃӕklz]

a pair of iron rings joined by a chain that are put on a prisoner's wrists, ankles etc, to limit movement His captors put shackles on him. boei أغْلال، أصْفاد، قُيود окови okovy fodlænker die Ketten (pl.), in Ketten δεσμά, αλυσίδες grilletes käerauad غل و زنجير kahleet fers אֲזִיקִים हथकड़ी lanci, okovi bilincs rantai kaki hlekkir ceppi 足かせ 수갑 grandinės važas belenggu boei hånd-/fotjern kajdany grilhOes cătuşe кандалы putá okovi okovi bojor กุญแจมือ pranga 鐐銬 кайдани; пута زنجیریں، بیڑیاں cái cùm, cái còng 镣铐

v shackle

to put shackles on. boei يُكَبِّل، يَضَع القيود، يَشْكُل слагам окови nasadit pouta lænke in Ketten legen αλυσοδένω poner grilletes käeraudadesse aheldama با غل و زنجير بستن kahlita mettre les fers à לִכבּוֹל हथकड़ी पहनाना okovati, sputati megbilincsel merantai kaki hlekkja mettere in ceppi 足かせをする 수갑을 채우다 uždėti grandines iekalt važās membelenggu boeien lenke zakuć w kajdany agrilhoar a încătuşa заковывать в кандалы nasadiť putá vkleniti okovati sätta bojor på, fjättra ใส่กุญแจมือ prangaya vurmak 上鐐銬 заковувати в кайдани گرفتار کرنا cùm lại, xích lại 给...上铐

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ball and chain Bond cuff fetter Fettered gyve hamper handcuff handlock hobble manacle mousing padlock pinion shackle Shackle bar Shackle bolt Shackle joint shackled	After having so nobly disentangled themselves from the shackles of Parental Authority, by a Clandestine Marriage, they were determined never to forfeit the good opinion they had gained in the World, in so doing, by accepting any proposals of reconciliation that might be offered them by their Fathers--to this farther tryal of their noble independance however they never were exposed. Love and Friendship by Austen, Jane View in context But the most ordinary cause of a single life, is liberty, especially in certain self-pleasing and humorous minds, which are so sensible of every restraint, as they will go near to think their girdles and garters, to be bonds and shackles. The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context Fourth of July was coming; but he soon gave that up -- gave it up before he had worn his shackles over forty-eight hours -- and fixed his hopes upon old Judge Frazer, justice of the peace, who was apparently on his deathbed and would have a big public funeral, since he was so high an official. Tom Sawyer by Twain, Mark View in context	Shaban Shabbat Shabbed shabbily Shabbiness Shabble Shabbos shabby shabby-genteel shabby-looking Shabelle Shabrack shabu shabu-shabu Shabuoth Shacharis Shache shack shack up Shackatory shackle Shackle bar Shackle bolt Shackle joint shackled shackles Shackleton Shacklock Shackly shacko shad Shad bush Shad frog shad roe shad-flower Shad-spirit Shad-waiter shadberry Shadbird shadblow Shadbolt shadbush shadchan Shadd Shadde shaddock shade shade off shade tree shaded shaded relief	shack up shack up Shack/Slum Dwellers International Shackatory shacked shacked Shackelford County Shackelford County, Texas Shackelford County, TX Shackford Head State Park shacking shacking shackle shackle shackle shackle shackle Shackle bar Shackle bolt Shackle bolt Shackle joint shackle with shackled shackled shackled shackled shackler shackler shackler shackler shackles Shackleton Shackleton Shackleton Coast Shackleton Ice Shelf Shackleton, Ernest Henry Shackleton, Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, Sir Ernest Henry shackling shackling shackling shackling Shacklock Shackly shacko shackoes shackos shacks shacks SHACO SHACOG SHACS shad shad shad Shad berry Shad bush Shad Festival shad fly shad fly Shad frog

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After having so nobly disentangled themselves from the shackles of Parental Authority, by a Clandestine Marriage, they were determined never to forfeit the good opinion they had gained in the World, in so doing, by accepting any proposals of reconciliation that might be offered them by their Fathers--to this farther tryal of their noble independance however they never were exposed.

Love and Friendship by Austen, Jane View in context

But the most ordinary cause of a single life, is liberty, especially in certain self-pleasing and humorous minds, which are so sensible of every restraint, as they will go near to think their girdles and garters, to be bonds and shackles.

The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context

Fourth of July was coming; but he soon gave that up -- gave it up before he had worn his shackles over forty-eight hours -- and fixed his hopes upon old Judge Frazer, justice of the peace, who was apparently on his deathbed and would have a big public funeral, since he was so high an official.

Tom Sawyer by Twain, Mark View in context

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