Definition of Shackling

1. Verb. (present participle of shackle) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shackling

1. shackle [v] - See also: shackle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shackling

shabynite
shack
shack up
shacked
shacked up
shacking
shacking up
shackle
shacklebone
shacklebones
shackled
shackler
shacklers
shackles
shacklike
shackling (current term)
shacklock
shacklocks
shackly
shacko
shackoes
shackos
shacks
shacks up
shacktown
shacktowns
shacky
shad
shad-flower
shad-spirit

Literary usage of Shackling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Short History of the Kingdom of Ireland from the Earliest Times to the by Charles George Walpole (1882)
"... CHAPTER I. THE shackling OF THE ENGLISH COLONY. AD 1700-1719. DISFRANCHISED, disinherited, disabled from exercising the most ordinary civil functions, ..."

2. Some Truths of History: A Vindication of the South Against the Encyclopedia by Thaddeus K. Oglesby (1903)
"... THE shackling OF JEFFERSON DAVIS. [Read before the Atlanta Camp of Confederate Veterans, at the Capitol, Atlanta, Georgia, March 20, 1899. ..."

3. A Prisoner of the Khaleefa: Twelve Yearsʹ Captivity at Omdurman by Charles Neufeld (1899)
"The shackling completed, I was taken to a room measuring about thirty feet each way, but having a pillar about four feet wide to support the roof, ..."

4. A Prisoner of the Khaleefa: Twelve Years' Captivity at Omdurman by Charles Neufeld (1899)
"The shackling completed, I was taken to a room measuring about thirty feet each way, but having a pillar about four feet wide to support the roof, ..."

5. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1888)
"He had received a general warning from Phil- brick to be careful, and was specially warned of the danger in reference to shackling passenger-cars. ..."

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