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▸ noun:  (usually in the plural) 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.
▸ noun:  (by extension)
▸ 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:  A hook, ring, or other device for connecting, holding, lifting, etc.; specifically (nautical), 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:  (agriculture) 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:  (rail transport) A link for connecting railroad cars; a draglink, drawbar, or drawlink.
▸ noun:  (obsolete, rare) A fetter-like band worn on an appendage as an ornament; an anklet, an armlet, a bracelet, a wristlet.
▸ noun:  (figurative, usually in the plural) A restraint on one's action, activity, or progress.
▸ noun:  (nautical) A length of cable or chain equal to 12½ fathoms (75 feet or about 22.9 metres), or later to 15 fathoms (90 feet or about 27.4 metres).
▸ verb:  (transitive)
▸ verb:  To place (a person or animal) in shackles (noun sense 1); to immobilize or restrain using shackles.
▸ verb:  To connect or couple (something) to another thing using a shackle (noun sense 1.1.1, sense 1.1.2, etc.).
▸ verb:  To provide (something) with a shackle.
▸ verb:  (figurative)
▸ verb:  To inhibit or restrain the ability, action, activity, or progress of (someone or something); to render (someone or something) incapable or ineffectual.
▸ verb:  (chemistry, obsolete) To combine (a substance) with another substance.
▸ verb:  (intransitive, reflexive) Of two things: to connect or couple together.
▸ noun:  A person who is idle or lazy; an idler.
▸ noun:  (dice games) A dice game; also, an event at which tickets are sold for chances to be drawn to win prizes; a raffle.
▸ verb:  (transitive)
▸ verb:  To rattle or shake (something).
▸ verb:  To put (something) into disorder; specifically (agriculture), to cause (standing stalks of corn) to fall over.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) Often followed by about: to be idle or lazy; to avoid work.
▸ noun:  (Scotland, archaic) Short for shackle-bone (“wristbone, carpal; wrist”). [(Scotland, archaic) The wrist.]

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