2. Noun. Restraints, (usually metal) often joined by a chain, placed around a prisoner's wrists or ankles to restrict their movement. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shackles
1. shackle [v] - See also: shackle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shackles
Literary usage of Shackles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Naval Constructor: A Vade Mecum of Ship Design for Students, Naval by George Simpson (1914)
"For most purposes in ship details where shackles are used, it is common practice
to order the shackles given in Table of trade shackles, suiting the size to ..."
2. The Treaty Making Power of the United States by Charles Henry Butler (1902)
"XXIII, the treaty-making power should have no constitutional shackles.—The author
of No. XXIII,1 gives his reasons for believing that the powers entrusted ..."
3. The Treaty Making Power of the United States by Charles Henry Butler (1902)
"XXIII, the treaty-making power should have no constitutional shackles.—The author
of No. XXIII,i gives his reasons for believing that the powers entrusted ..."
4. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini (1920)
"that genius combined with force of character released men from the shackles of
ordinary morality. These points are so clear to any student of the sixteenth ..."
5. The Diplomatic Relations of England with the Quadruple Alliance, 1815-1830 by Louis Calvert, Myrna M. Boyce, Paul Padgette (1918)
"... Amateur and the Professional—The " Sufficiently Unprofessional " Wisconsin
Players—Acting Is Dancing in shackles —Exchanging Intuition for Technique—The ..."
6. Experimental Engineering and Manual for Testing: For Engineers and for by Rolla Clinton Carpenter (1906)
"shackles.—The shackles or clamps for holding the specimen vary with the strain
to b^ applied. These clamps for tension ..."
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