shackles is a form of:
Shackle
noun
- 1.
- (one of a pair of iron rings joined by a chain for fastening a prisoner's wrists or ankles) ឧបសគ្គ, របស់ទទើសទទែង, ការបង្ខំ
- 2.
- ស្ថានភាពរិតត្បិតក្នុងការធ្វើសកម្មភាព
verb — past tense: shackled ; past participle: shackled ; present participle: shackling ;
- 1.
- និយាយស្តីដោយសេរី, រឹតត្បិតក្នុងការនិយាយស្តី
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) (to bind fasten or hinder with or as with shackles) shackle a prisoner ដាក់ច្រវាក
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- Something which confines the legs or arms so as to prevent their free motion; specifically, a ring or band inclosing the ankle or wrist, and fastened to a similar shackle on the other leg or arm, or to something else, by a chain or a strap; a gyve; a fetter.
- 2.
- Hence, that which checks or prevents free action.
- 3.
- A fetterlike band worn as an ornament.
- 4.
- A link or loop, as in a chain, fitted with a movable bolt, so that the parts can be separated, or the loop removed; a clevis.
- 5.
- A link for connecting railroad cars; -- called also drawlink, draglink, etc.
- 6.
- The hinged and curved bar of a padlock, by which it is hung to the staple.
verb — past tense: shackled ; past participle: shackled ; present participle: shackling ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To tie or confine the limbs of, so as to prevent free motion; to bind with shackles; to fetter; to chain.
- 2.
- (FIGURATIVE) (TRANSITIVE) To bind or confine so as to prevent or embarrass action; to impede; to cumber.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To join by a link or chain, as railroad cars.
- 1.
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