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Search   Web Kids.Net.Au Dictionary   Sponsors	Dictionary > Definition: shackle Definition of shackle a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) a U-shaped bar; the open end can be passed through chain links and closed with a bar restrain with fetters bind the arms of Similar Words: bond, hamper, trammel, trammels, fetter, pinion Hyponyms: ball and chain, fetter, hobble, handcuffs, handcuff, cuffs, cuff, handlock, manacle, iron, irons, chain, chains Part Meronyms: padlock Derivational Morphology: restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle, handicap, hinder, hamper, halter, cramp, strangle, fetter, bond, trammels, hobble Anagrams: hackles Find words starting with:     A B C     D E F     G H I     J K L     M N O     P Q R     S T U     V W X     Y Z

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