shackle
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EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English schakkyl, schakle, from Old English sceacel, sceacul, scacul (“shackle, bond, fetter”), from Proto-Germanic *skakulaz (“shackle”), from Proto-Indo-European *skeg-, *skek- (“to jump, move, shake, stir”), equivalent to shake + -le. Cognate with Dutch schakel (“link, shackle, clasp”), German Schäckel (“shackle”), Danish skagle (“a carriage trace”), Swedish skakel (“the loose shaft of a carriage”), Icelandic skökull (“a carriage pole”).
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -ækəl
NounEdit
shackle (plural shackles)
- A restraint fit over a human or animal appendage, such as a wrist, ankle or finger. Usually used in plural, to indicate a pair joined by a chain; a hobble.
- A U-shaped piece of metal secured with a pin or bolt across the opening, or a hinged metal loop secured with a quick-release locking pin mechanism.
- (figuratively, chiefly in the plural) A restraint on one's action, activity, or progress.
- South
- His very will seems to be in bonds and shackles.
- South
- A fetter-like band worn as an ornament.
- Dampier
- Most of the men and women […] had all earrings made of gold, and gold shackles about their legs and arms.
- Dampier
- A link for connecting railroad cars; a drawlink or draglink.
- stubble
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Pegge to this entry?)
HyponymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
restraint fit over an appendage
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a U-shaped piece of metal
restraint on one's action
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stubble — see stubble
See alsoEdit
- (U-shaped piece): clevis
VerbEdit
shackle (third-person singular simple present shackles, present participle shackling, simple past and past participle shackled)
- To restrain using shackles; to place in shackles.
- By extension, to render immobile or incapable; to inhibit the progress or abilities of someone or something.
- This law would effectively shackle its opposition.
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2011 February 12, Phil McNulty, “Man Utd 2 - 1 Man City”, in BBC[1]:
- Rooney, superbly shackled by City defender Vincent Kompany for so long as Ferguson surprisingly left Dimitar Berbatov on the bench, had previously cut a forlorn and frustrated figure but his natural instincts continue to serve him and United so well.
AntonymsEdit
- (to restraint using shackles): unshackle, untie
- (to inhibit the abilities of): free, liberate, unshackle
TranslationsEdit
to restraint using shackles
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ScotsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old English sceacel, sceacul, scacul (“shackle, bond, fetter”), from Proto-Germanic *skakulaz (“shackle”), from Proto-Indo-European *skeg-, *skek- (“to jump, move, shake, stir”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
shackle (plural shackles)
Derived termsEdit
- shackle-bane (“wrist”)
VerbEdit
shackle (third-person singular present shackles, present participle shacklin, past shackelt, past participle shackelt)
- to shackle