Shac"kle (?), n. Stubble.
[Prov. Eng.] Pegge.
Shac"kle, n. [Generally used in the
plural.] [OE. schakkyll, schakle, AS. scacul,
sceacul, a shackle, fr. scacan to shake; cf. D.
schakel a link of a chain, a mesh, Icel. skökull
the pole of a cart. See Shake.] 1.
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.
His shackles empty left; himself escaped
clean.
Spenser.
2. Hence, that which checks or prevents free
action.
His very will seems to be in bonds and
shackles.
South.
3. A fetterlike band worn as an
ornament.
Most of the men and women . . . had all earrings made
of gold, and gold shackles about their legs and
arms.
Dampier.
4. 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.
5. A link for connecting railroad cars; --
called also drawlink, draglink, etc.
6. The hinged and curved bar of a padlock, by
which it is hung to the staple. Knight.
Shackle joint (Anat.), a joint formed
by a bony ring passing through a hole in a bone, as at the bases of
spines in some fishes.
Shac"kle (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Shackled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Shackling.] 1. To tie or confine the limbs
of, so as to prevent free motion; to bind with shackles; to fetter; to
chain.
To lead him shackled, and exposed to scorn
Of gathering crowds, the Britons' boasted chief.
J.
Philips.
2. Figuratively: To bind or confine so as to
prevent or embarrass action; to impede; to cumber.
Shackled by her devotion to the king, she seldom
could pursue that object.
Walpole.
3. To join by a link or chain, as railroad
cars. [U. S.]
Shackle bar, the coupling between a
locomotive and its tender. [U.S.] -- Shackle
bolt, a shackle. Sir W. Scott.
Shac"kle (?), n. Stubble.
[Prov. Eng.] Pegge.
Shac"kle, n. [Generally used in the
plural.] [OE. schakkyll, schakle, AS. scacul,
sceacul, a shackle, fr. scacan to shake; cf. D.
schakel a link of a chain, a mesh, Icel. skökull
the pole of a cart. See Shake.] 1.
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.
His shackles empty left; himself escaped
clean.
Spenser.
2. Hence, that which checks or prevents free
action.
His very will seems to be in bonds and
shackles.
South.
3. A fetterlike band worn as an
ornament.
Most of the men and women . . . had all earrings made
of gold, and gold shackles about their legs and
arms.
Dampier.
4. 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.
5. A link for connecting railroad cars; --
called also drawlink, draglink, etc.
6. The hinged and curved bar of a padlock, by
which it is hung to the staple. Knight.
Shackle joint (Anat.), a joint formed
by a bony ring passing through a hole in a bone, as at the bases of
spines in some fishes.
Shac"kle (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Shackled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Shackling.] 1. To tie or confine the limbs
of, so as to prevent free motion; to bind with shackles; to fetter; to
chain.
To lead him shackled, and exposed to scorn
Of gathering crowds, the Britons' boasted chief.
J.
Philips.
2. Figuratively: To bind or confine so as to
prevent or embarrass action; to impede; to cumber.
Shackled by her devotion to the king, she seldom
could pursue that object.
Walpole.
3. To join by a link or chain, as railroad
cars. [U. S.]
Shackle bar, the coupling between a
locomotive and its tender. [U.S.] -- Shackle
bolt, a shackle. Sir W. Scott.
