Crossword-Solution: SHACKLE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Shackle | n. | Stubble. |
| Shackle | n. | 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. |
| Shackle | n. | Hence, that which checks or prevents free action. |
| Shackle | n. | A fetterlike band worn as an ornament. |
| Shackle | n. | 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. |
| Shackle | n. | A link for connecting railroad cars; -- called also drawlink, draglink, etc. |
| Shackle | n. | The hinged and curved bar of a padlock, by which it is hung to the staple. |
| Shackle | v. t. | To tie or confine the limbs of, so as to prevent free motion; to bind with shackles; to fetter; to chain. |
| Shackle | v. t. | Figuratively: To bind or confine so as to prevent or embarrass action; to impede; to cumber. |
| Shackle | v. t. | To join by a link or chain, as railroad cars. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| SHACKLE | anagram | HACKLES |
We have 31 clues for the answer “SHACKLE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Restrain, as a wrist | 1 answer |
| Prisoner's leg restraint | 1 answer |
| Prison security provider | 1 answer |
| Chain with fetters | 1 answer |
| Symbol of oppression | 2 answers |
| Restrict severely | 2 answers |
| Impose restraints on | 2 answers |
| Restraining device | 2 answers |
| Put in irons | 3 answers |
| Put in chains | 4 answers |
| gyve | 5 answers |
| BIND THE ARMS OF | 11 answers |
| Restrainer. | 11 answers |
| Manacle | 12 answers |
| pinion | 12 answers |
| Handcuff | 13 answers |
| Trammel | 13 answers |
| Hogtie | 14 answers |
| Halter | 29 answers |
| Leash | 30 answers |
| Hobble | 33 answers |
| detain | 34 answers |
| Imprison | 35 answers |
| fetter | 47 answers |
| chain | 48 answers |
| Iron | 49 answers |
| Hamper | 62 answers |
| Impede | 67 answers |
| Restrain | 72 answers |
| Tie | 83 answers |
| Hindrance | 100 answers |
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Sentences with SHACKLE (5)
That which binds, ties, fastens,or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a shackle or a manacle.
There was no time to man the brakes, they knocked the shackle free, And the _Northern Light_ stood out again, goose-winged to open sea.
The tires want settin' and 'tis all loose-jointed, so I can hear it shackle the other side o' the ridge.
But hard by the jaws of the bend is a ghastly Thing matted with moss-- _Ah, Lord! be a father, a friend, for the sake of the Christ of the Cross._ Black Tom, with the sinews of five--that never a hangman could hang-- In the days of the shackle and gyve, broke loose from the guards of the gang.
You see it had got to be a sort of a tumble-down ram-shackle sort of an affair, and when it wuz bad weather we couldn't have school in it, 'cause you might jist as well be a sittin' under a siv when it rained as to be a settin' in that school house.
Quotes with SHACKLE (3)
Do not allow a lack of one's own talent or confidence shackle the door prior to even opening it." (Ginger Susanoo, 2018).
I have no use for a theoretic freedom. Let me have something finite, definite — matter that can lend itself to my operation only insofar as it is commensurate with my possibilities. And such matter presents itself to me together with limitations. I must in turn impose mine upon it. So here we are, whether we like it or not, in the realm of necessity. And yet which of us has ever heard talk of art as other than a realm of freedom? This sort of heresy is uniformly widespread be…
The mind’s nature is worldly. If someone comes late, the mind will say ‘Why did you come at this wrong time?’ And this will create [bondage with] an iron shackle.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, WSJ.
Used 10 times in crossword archives (1999–2022).