different between shackle vs shackled

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æk?l/
• Rhymes: -æk?l

Etymology 1

From Middle English schakkyl, schakle, from Old English s?eacel, s?eacul, s?acul (“shackle, bond, fetter”), from Proto-Germanic *skakulaz (“shackle”), from Proto-Indo-European *skeg-, *skek- (“to jump, move, shake, stir”), equivalent to shake +? -le. Cognate with Dutch schakel (“link, shackle, clasp”), German Schäckel (“shackle”), Danish skagle (“a carriage trace”), Swedish skakel (“the loose shaft of a carriage”), Icelandic skökull (“a carriage pole”).

Noun

shackle (plural shackles)

1. (usually in the plural) A restraint fit over a human or animal appendage, such as a wrist, ankle or finger; normally used in pairs joined by a chain.

   Synonym: hobble

   Hyponyms: handcuff, manacle, fetter

2. A U-shaped piece of metal secured with a pin or bolt across the opening, or a hinged metal loop secured with a quick-release locking pin mechanism.

   Coordinate term: clevis

3. (figuratively, usually in the plural) A restraint on one's action, activity, or progress.

   • His very will seems to be in bonds and shackles.
4. A fetter-like band worn as an ornament.
   • 1697, William Dampier, A New Voyage Round the World

     Most of the men and women […] had all earrings made of gold, and gold shackles about their legs and arms.

5. A link for connecting railroad cars; a drawlink or draglink.
6. A length of cable or chain equal to 12+¹?₂ fathoms or 75 feet, or later to 15 fathoms.
7. Stubble.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Pegge to this entry?)

Derived terms

• harp shackle
• H-shackle
• shackleless

Translations

Further reading

• shackle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From Middle English schakelen, schakkylen, from the noun (see above).

Verb

shackle (third-person singular simple present shackles, present participle shackling, simple past and past participle shackled)

1. (transitive) To restrain using shackles; to place in shackles.
2. (transitive, by extension) To render immobile or incapable; to inhibit the progress or abilities of.

Antonyms

• (to restrain using shackles): unshackle, untie
• (to inhibit the abilities of): free, liberate, unshackle

Translations

Etymology 3

From shack (“shake”) +? -le.

Verb

shackle (third-person singular simple present shackles, present participle shackling, simple past and past participle shackled)

1. (dialectal) To shake, rattle.

Anagrams

• hackles

Scots

Etymology

From Old English sceacel, sceacul, scacul (“shackle, bond, fetter”), from Proto-Germanic *skakulaz (“shackle”), from Proto-Indo-European *skeg-, *skek- (“to jump, move, shake, stir”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?akl], [?ekl]

Noun

shackle (plural shackles)

1. shackle, fetter, manacle
2. (anatomy) wrist

Derived terms

• shackle-bane (“wrist”)

Verb

shackle (third-person singular present shackles, present participle shacklin, past shackelt, past participle shackelt)

1. to shackle

English

Adjective

shackled (not comparable)

1. Restrained by shackles, chained.

Verb

shackled

1. simple past tense and past participle of shackle

Anagrams

• D-shackle