Definitions for Shackles
shack·les

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. shacklesnoun

   Restraints, (usually metal) often joined by a chain, placed around a prisoner's wrists or ankles to restrict their movement.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shacklesnoun

   wanting the singular. Fetters; gyves; chains for prisoners.

   Etymology: seacul , Saxon, schaeckels, Dutch.

   Himself he frees by secret means unseen,
   His shackles empty left, himself escaped clean. Fa. Queen.

   A servant commonly is less free in mind than in condition; his very will seems to be in bonds and shackles, and desire itself under durance and captivity. Robert South, Sermons.

   The forge in setters only is employed;
   Our iron mines exhausted and destroyed
   In shackles. John Dryden, Juv.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shackles

   A shackle (or shacklebolt), also known as a gyve, is a U-shaped piece of metal secured with a clevis pin or bolt across the opening, or a hinged metal loop secured with a quick-release locking pin mechanism. The term also applies to handcuffs and other similarly conceived restraint devices that function in a similar manner. Shackles are the primary connecting link in all manner of rigging systems, from boats and ships to industrial crane rigging, as they allow different rigging subsets to be connected or disconnected quickly. A shackle is also the similarly shaped piece of metal used with a locking mechanism in padlocks. A carabiner is a type of shackle used in mountaineering.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. shackles

   Semicircular clumps of iron sliding upon a round bar, in which the legs of prisoners are occasionally confined to the deck. Manacles when applied to the wrists. (See BILBOES.)

Rap DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. shacklesnoun

   Handcuffs.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SHACKLES

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Shackles is ranked #81772 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Shackles surname appeared 231 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Shackles.
   
   75.3% or 174 total occurrences were White.
   16.8% or 39 total occurrences were Black.
   5.1% or 12 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   2.1% or 5 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

How to pronounce Shackles?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Shackles in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Shackles in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Shackles in a Sentence

1. Scott C. Holstad:

   Winter is a long descent Into hell, a daring Kidnapper, on whose lips Rest the word always. Look upon it as the rains Do, leafless trees blowing Earthward like constraints, Shackles of the soul.

2. Horace Greeley:

   We have stricken the shackles from 4,000,000 human beings and brought all labourers to a common level, but not so much by the elevation of former slaves as by reducing the whole working population, white and black, to a condition of serfdom. While boasting of our noble deeds, we are careful to conceal the ugly fact that by our iniquitous money system we have manipulated a system of oppression which, though more refined, is no less cruel than the old system of chattel slavery.

3. Voltaire:

   ...So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish to tyrannize will do so; for tyrants are active and ardent, and will devote themselves in the name of any number of gods, religious and otherwise, to put shackles upon sleeping men.

4. Donald Trump:

   Our very weak and ineffective leader, Paul Ryan, had a bad conference call where his members went wild at his disloyalty, it is so nice that the shackles have been taken off me and I can now fight for America the way I want to.

5. Salvador Dalí:

   Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Shackles
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Shackles
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shackles
4. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=Shackles
5. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html