shackboltn.
/ˈʃakbəʊlt/ Heraldry.
A shackle or fetter used as a charge.
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1632 Guillim's Display of Heraldrie (ed. 2) iv. xvii. 354 He beareth, Argent, a Shackebolt, Sable.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Shack~bolt or Shackle, a prisoners Bolt, a Fetter or Give.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 311/1 He beareth sable, a double shake-bolt or shackle-bolt, Argent.
1712 London Gaz. No. 4973/4 A Lion's Head erased in a S [h] ackbolt on a Wreath.
1869 J. E. Cussans Handbk. Heraldry (rev. ed.) vii. 106 Fetter-lock, or Shack-bolt: a somewhat rare charge.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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