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Meaning of shackle


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  shackle
      n 1: a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially
           something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) [syn:
           {shackle}, {bond}, {hamper}, {trammel}]
      2: a U-shaped bar; the open end can be passed through chain
         links and closed with a bar
      v 1: bind the arms of [syn: {pinion}, {shackle}]
      2: restrain with fetters [syn: {fetter}, {shackle}]


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