Crossword clues for shackling
shackling
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Shackle \Shac"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shackled; p. pr. & vb. n. Shackling.]
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To tie or confine the limbs of, so as to prevent free motion; to bind with shackles; to fetter; to chain.
To lead him shackled, and exposed to scorn Of gathering crowds, the Britons' boasted chief.
--J. Philips. -
Figuratively: To bind or confine so as to prevent or embarrass action; to impede; to cumber.
Shackled by her devotion to the king, she seldom could pursue that object.
--Walpole. -
To join by a link or chain, as railroad cars. [U. S.]
Shackle bar, the coupling between a locomotive and its tender. [U.S.]
Shackle bolt, a shackle.
--Sir W. Scott.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of shackle English)
Usage examples of "shackling".
Similarly valuable was the pallid, balding creature whose magical mental manoeuvrings had broken Her long stupor-so valuable, in fact, that someone had taken the precaution of shackling him to Her side.
Because improperly stunned hogs could jump off the shackling table, a pen was built below it.
Wainwright talked about the same games as Tice had-the stun operator would intentionally misstun hogs so that Wainwright would have a hard time shackling them.
Got hung up in the hoist shackling live hogs, trying to keep the product moving.
If inspectors were permitted to enforce the HSA, the agriculture secretary left us wondering where they would position themselves since the stunning, shackling, and sticking areas were all forbidden ground.
When Arithon recoiled and tried to flinch aside, Jieret wrestled him immobile in a shackling grip that spared nothing.
In camp Spear had tied a short rawhide strap on her ankles, shackling her in leather.