noun A restraint fitted over a human or animal appendage, such as an ankle, finger, or wrist, normally used in a pair joined by a chain.
The prisoner lay in shackles in his gloomy cell.
noun A U-shaped piece of metal secured with a bolt or pin across the ends, or a hinged metal loop secured with a quick-release locking pin mechanism, used for attaching things together while allowing for some degree of movement; a clevis. Part of a padlock that consists of a loop of metal (round or square in cross section) that encompasses what is being secured by the lock. A hook, ring, or other device for connecting, holding, lifting, etc.; specifically , a small incomplete ring secured with a bolt across the ends, used to connect lengths of cable or chain together, or to keep a porthole closed. Synonym of hobble or hopple (“a short strap tied between the legs of a horse, allowing it to wander a short distance but not to run off”). A link for connecting railroad cars; a draglink, drawbar, or drawlink.
noun A U-shaped piece of metal secured with a bolt or pin across the ends, or a hinged metal loop secured with a quick-release locking pin mechanism, used for attaching things together while allowing for some degree of movement; a clevis.
noun Part of a padlock that consists of a loop of metal (round or square in cross section) that encompasses what is being secured by the lock.
noun A hook, ring, or other device for connecting, holding, lifting, etc.; specifically , a small incomplete ring secured with a bolt across the ends, used to connect lengths of cable or chain together, or to keep a porthole closed.
noun Synonym of hobble or hopple (“a short strap tied between the legs of a horse, allowing it to wander a short distance but not to run off”).
noun A link for connecting railroad cars; a draglink, drawbar, or drawlink.
noun Ellipsis of shackle-bone (“wristbone, carpal; wrist”).