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Definition of Shackled

1. Adjective. Bound by chains fastened around the ankles.

Definition of Shackled

1. Adjective. Restrained by shackles, chained. ¹

2. Verb. (past of shackle) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shackled

1. shackle [v] - See also: shackle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shackled

Literary usage of Shackled

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

1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1915)
"United State«—Congress—Senate—Continued shackled senate. C: S. Thomas. No Am 203: 424-21 S '15 Let us have the truth. ..."

2. The Growth and Influence of Classical Greek Poetry: Lectures Delivered in by Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1893)
"... if he could shackled. L have broken away from the trammels of tradition; if he could have multiplied the actors at will, chosen his subject-matter where ..."

3. The Harleian Miscellany; Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1810)
"... your body shall be divided into four quarters, and disposed as his majesty shall think üt. AU were shackled with fetters, and carried to the press-yard. ..."

4. The Red Reign: The True Story of an Adventurous Year in Russia by Kellogg Durland (1908)
"... girl's daring—Tortures and outrages—Entertained by the governor—A kindly police-master— Grim prison walls—Difficulties—Appeal to the governor—shackled ..."

5. The Red Reign: The True Story of an Adventurous Year in Russia by Kellogg Durland (1908)
"... girl's daring—Tortures and outrages—Entertained by the governor—A kindly police-master— Grim prison walls—Difficulties—Appeal to the governor—shackled ..."

6. A Pioneer Outline History of Northwestern Pennsylvania by William James McKnight (1905)
"... feed, secrete, and to convey in the darkness of night, poor, wretched human ' '- -, . .3 Charles Brown handcuffed and shackled in Brookville jail, ..."

7. Synonyms Discriminated: A Dictionary of Synonymous Words in the English by Charles John Smith (1893)
"Commonly speaking, persons are fettered by restriction*, and things are shackled by conditions. 7) do that thing that ends all other deed«, ..."

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