Definitions for shackles
shack·les

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1. shackles(Noun)

   Restraints, (usually metal) often joined by a chain, placed around a prisoner's wrists or ankles to restrict their movement.

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1. shackles

   Semicircular clumps of iron sliding upon a round bar, in which the legs of prisoners are occasionally confined to the deck. Manacles when applied to the wrists. (See BILBOES.)

How to pronounce shackles?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say shackles in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of shackles in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of shackles in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of shackles in a Sentence

1. Kim Su-jung:

   I believe this ruling frees women from shackles.

2. Henry Ward Beecher:

   Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.

3. Imam Ali, Peak of Eloquence (Nahjul Balagha):

   205. A greedy man will always find himself in the shackles of humility.

4. Fischel Benkhald:

   It feels like shackles have been removed from me and I feel a great sense of liberty now.

5. Salvador Dalí:

   Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision.

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