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.)

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1. shackles(noun)

   Handcuffs.

How to pronounce shackles?

1. 

   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. Emeasoba George:

   Never say the sky is your limit. Rather, say it's your starting point. For, there are footprints already in the moon i.e. you can break the shackles of limitations. -Emeasoba George

3. Donald Trump:

   It is so nice that the shackles have been taken off me and I can now fight for America the way I want to.

4. Voltaire:

   ...So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish to tyrannize will do so; for tyrants are active and ardent, and will devote themselves in the name of any number of gods, religious and otherwise, to put shackles upon sleeping men.

5. Donald Trump:

   Our very weak and ineffective leader, Paul Ryan, had a bad conference call where his members went wild at his disloyalty, it is so nice that the shackles have been taken off me and I can now fight for America the way I want to.

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