American English pronunciation
How to pronounce shackle
IPA transcription: ['ʃækəl]
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Noun
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a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
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a U-shaped bar; the open end can be passed through chain links and closed with a bar
Verb
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bind the arms of
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restrain with fetters
Usage examples
- He includes a partial translation which he refers to as "ramshackle but pretty accurate".
- The torpedo was air dropped from the Hawker-Siddeley Nimrod and Avro Shackleton aircraft.
- During all of these operations the "Shackle" suffered no damage or casualties.
- Rachel is shackled with prosy monologues that should have been given visual form.
- Shackleton changed her name to "Endurance", reflecting his family motto "By endurance we conquer".
- Alexandra Shackleton is patron of the expedition.
- This resulted in the station becoming increasingly ramshackle.
- Shackley died from cancer at his home in Bethesda, Maryland.
- The Liberals and Conservatives also withdrew, sensing Shackleton's strong lead.
- Notable Irish explorers include Brendan the Navigator, Robert McClure, Ernest Shackleton and Tom Crean.