Definitions for shackle
ˈʃæk əlshack·le

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shackle, bond, hamper, trammelnoun

   a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)

2. shackleverb

   a U-shaped bar; the open end can be passed through chain links and closed with a bar

3. pinion, shackleverb

   bind the arms of

4. fetter, shackleverb

   restrain with fetters

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shacklenoun

   A restraint fit over a human or animal appendage, such as a wrist, ankle or finger. Usually used in plural, to indicate a pair joined by a chain.

2. shacklenoun

   A U-shaped piece of metal secured with a pin or bolt across the opening, or a hinged metal loop secured with a quick-release locking pin mechanism. Sometimes referred to as a D shackle, a D closure or a green pin shackle.

3. shackleverb

   To restrain using shackles; to place in shackles.

4. shackleverb

   By extension, to render immobile or incapable; to inhibit the progress or abilities of someone or something.

   This law would effectively shackle its opposition.

5. Etymology: Akin to Old Norse skǫkull (> Danish skagle).

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Shackleverb

   To chain; to fetter; to bind.

   Etymology: from the noun, shackles, shaeckelen, Dutch.

   It is great,
   To do that thing that ends all other deeds;
   Which shackles accidents, and bolts up change. William Shakespeare.

   You must not shackle and tie him up with rules about indifferent matters. John Locke.

   No trivial price
   Should set him free, or small should be my praise
   To lead him shackled. Philips.

   So the stretch’d cord the shackled dancertries,
   As prone to fall as impotent to rise. Smith.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shackle

   A shackle (or shacklebolt), 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 in all manner of rigging systems, from boats and ships to industrial crane rigging, as they allow different rigging subsets to be connected or disconnected quickly. A shackle is also the similarly shaped piece of metal used with a locking mechanism in padlocks. A carabiner is a type of shackle used in mountaineering.

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1. shackle

   A shackle is a metal fastening device, often U-shaped with a removable bar or pin, used to secure chains or ropes. It can also refer to anything that restricts, confines, or hinders, such as a situation, habit, or law.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shacklenoun

   stubble

2. Shacklenoun

   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

3. Shacklenoun

   hence, that which checks or prevents free action

4. Shacklenoun

   a fetterlike band worn as an ornament

5. Shacklenoun

   a link or loop, as in a chain, fitted with a movable bolt, so that the parts can be separated, or the loop removed; a clevis

6. Shacklenoun

   a link for connecting railroad cars; -- called also drawlink, draglink, etc

7. Shacklenoun

   the hinged and curved bar of a padlock, by which it is hung to the staple

8. Shackleverb

   to tie or confine the limbs of, so as to prevent free motion; to bind with shackles; to fetter; to chain

9. Shackleverb

   figuratively: To bind or confine so as to prevent or embarrass action; to impede; to cumber

10. Shackleverb

    to join by a link or chain, as railroad cars

11. Etymology: [Generally used in the plural.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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. The term also applies to handcuffs and other similarly conceived restraint devices that function in a similar manner. Shackles are the primary connecting link in all manner of rigging systems, from boats and ships to industrial crane rigging, as they allow different rigging subsets to be connected or disconnected quickly. A shackle is also the similarly shaped piece of metal used with a locking mechanism in padlocks. A carabiner is a variety of shackle used in mountaineering.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shackle

   shak′l, n. a curved bar, as of iron: a link or staple: a link securing two ankle-rings or two wrist-rings together, and so (pl.) fetters, manacles: a hinderance.—v.t. to fetter: to tie the limbs of: to confine.—ns. Shack′le-bolt, a bolt having a shackle on the end: (her.) a bearing representing a fetlock for hobbling a horse; Shack′le-joint, a peculiar kind of articulation seen in the exoskeleton of some fishes. [A.S. sceacul, scacul, a shackle—sceacan, to shake; cog. with Old Dut. schakel, a link of a chain, Ice. skökull, the pole of a cart.]

The Standard Electrical DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shackle

   In telegraph lines a swinging insulator bracket for use where wires make an angle with the pole. A journal box is attached to the pole, like half of a gate hinge. To this a short iron arm is pivoted so as to be free to swing through a considerable angle. At its end an insulator is carried to which the wire is attached. The shackle swings into line with the wire, or takes a position for two wires corresponding to the resultant of their directions of pull.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shackle

   [from the Anglo-Saxon sceacul]. A span with two eyes and a bolt, attached to open links in a chain-cable, at every 15 fathoms; they are fitted with a movable bolt, so that the chain can there be separated or coupled, as circumstances require. Also, an iron loop-hooked bolt moving on a pin, used for fastening the lower-deck port-bars.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SHACKLE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Shackle is ranked #79075 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Shackle surname appeared 241 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Shackle.
   
   96.2% or 232 total occurrences were White.

Matched Categories

1. • Restrain

Anagrams for shackle »

1. hackles

How to pronounce shackle?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say shackle in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of shackle in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of shackle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of shackle in a Sentence

1. Martinez Fischer:

   The men and women of the Texas House, many of whom are Black and Brown Democrats, are not animals or property to be corralled by law enforcement and cabined against our will. It is morally wrong to believe otherwise. We will not allow our democracy to devolve into dictatorship ; we will use every tool necessary to defend Texas Constitution, angry Republican threats to dispatch troopers to arrest, cuff, shackle, drag in, and cabin duly-elected lawmakers isn't just meant to chill our speech and impair our ability to represent our districts, it has left our families, friends, and neighbors anxious for our wellbeing and safety.

2. Councilman Jeffrey Johnson:

   The treatment of the family is unacceptable, it just shows the lack of training when we shackle a grieving sister, threaten a grieving mother and not even take care of a child lying on the ground.

3. Igor Stravinsky:

   My freedom will be so much the greater and more meaningful the more narrowly I limit my field of action and the more I surround myself with obstacles. Whatever diminishes constraint diminishes strength. The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one's self of the chains that shackle the spirit.

4. Former President Jimmy Carter:

   What we inherited from the past must not be permitted to shackle us in the future. State of the Union Address January 19, 1977

5. Kim Su-jung:

   I believe this ruling frees women from one shackle that had been suffocating them.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=shackle
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Shackle
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=shackle
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shackle
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shackle
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=shackle
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=shackle
9. ^ The Standard Electrical Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26535/pg26535-images.html#:~:text=shackle
10. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=shackle
11. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html