shackle
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noun
1. (shackles) a pair of fetters connected together by a chain, used to fasten a prisoner's wrists or ankles together.
〖通例～s〗 手［足］かせ〘両手［両足］を鎖でつなぎ止める金属の刑具〙
used in reference to something that restrains or impedes:
｟文｠ ; 〖通例～s〗 束縛, 拘束
e.g. society is going to throw off the shackles of racism and colonialism.
2. a metal link, typically U-shaped, closed by a bolt, used to secure a chain or rope to something.
連結用金物〘南京錠の掛け金など〙; (鉄道の)連環
a pivoted link connecting a spring in a vehicle's suspension to the body of the vehicle.
verb with object
chain with shackles.
〈人〉に手［足］かせをはめる; …に手［足］かせをはめて «…に» つなぐ, …を鎖で «…に» つなぐ «to»
restrain; limit:
〖通例be ～d〗 «…によって/…に» 制限される, 束縛される «by, with/to»
e.g. they seek to shackle the oil and gas companies by imposing new controls.
ORIGIN
Old English sc(e)acul‘fetter’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schakel ‘link, coupling’.