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shack·le (shăḱəl)

[Middle English schackel, from Old English sceacel, fetter.]

noun 

  1. A metal fastening, usually one of a pair, for encircling and confining the ankle or wrist of a prisoner or captive; a fetter or manacle.
  2. A hobble for an animal.
  3. Any of several devices, such as a clevis, used to fasten or couple.
  4. A restraint or check to action or progress. Often used in the plural: economic shackles that precluded further investment.

transitive verb: -led, -ling, -les. 

  1. To confine with shackles; fetter.
  2. To fasten or connect with a shackle.
  3. To restrict, confine, or hamper. See synonyms at hamper1

derivatives

shacḱler
noun