WORD: SHACKLE
MEANING:
1. A device, usually one of a pair connected to a chain, that encircles the ankle or wrist of a prisoner or captive.
2. A hobble for an animal.
3. Any of several devices, such as a clevis, used to fasten or couple.
4. often shackles A restraint or check on action or progress: "throwing off the puritanical shackles" (Ben Yagoda).
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Turpin: Shackled siblings found in Perris, California home
PRONOUNCE:
shack·le - शैकल
LINK: SHACKLE
MEANING:
1. A device, usually one of a pair connected to a chain, that encircles the ankle or wrist of a prisoner or captive.
2. A hobble for an animal.
3. Any of several devices, such as a clevis, used to fasten or couple.
4. often shackles A restraint or check on action or progress: "throwing off the puritanical shackles" (Ben Yagoda).
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Turpin: Shackled siblings found in Perris, California home
PRONOUNCE:
shack·le - शैकल
LINK: SHACKLE
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