shackled

shackleanchor shackle

shack·le

S0307600 (shăk′əl)n.1. A device, usually one of a pair connected to a chain, that encircles the ankle or wrist of a prisoner or captive.2. A hobble for an animal.3. Any of several devices, such as a clevis, used to fasten or couple.4. often shackles A restraint or check on action or progress: "throwing off the puritanical shackles" (Ben Yagoda).tr.v. shack·led, shack·ling, shack·les 1. To put shackles on (someone); confine with shackles.2. To fasten or connect with a shackle.3. To restrict, confine, or hamper. See Synonyms at hobble.

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

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shack′ler n.

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Adj.

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shackled - bound by chains fastened around the anklesfetteredbound - confined by bonds; "bound and gagged hostages"

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