What is the meaning of SHACKLES. Phrases containing SHACKLES
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Shackles is American tramp slang for soup, broth or stew.
Darbies is British slang for handcuffs. Darbies is British slang for hands. Darbies is British slang for fingerprints.Darbies was old slang for fetters, shackles.
Block and tackle is London Cockney rhyming slang for handcuffs (shackles). Block and tackle was old London Cockney rhyming slang for fetters (shackles). Block and tackle was old Cockney slang for a watch and chain.
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a.
To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve.
v. t.
To loose from shackles or bonds; to set free from restraint; to unfetter.
superl.
Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, as a box, room, house, etc.; as, an empty chest, room, purse, or pitcher; an empty stomach; empty shackles.
n.
A long bar or bolt of iron with sliding shackles, and a lock at the end, to confine the feet of prisoners or offenders, esp. on board of ships.
v. t.
To remove a band from; to set free from shackles or fastenings; to unite; to unfasten; to loose; as, unbind your fillets; to unbind a prisoner's arms; to unbind a load.
v. t.
To tie or confine the limbs of, so as to prevent free motion; to bind with shackles; to fetter; to chain.
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