Shackle

(noun.) a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner).

(noun.) a U-shaped bar; the open end can be passed through chain links and closed with a bar.

校对:帕蒂

• Then why should you shackle poor Gurth, uncle, for the fault of his dog Fangs? 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Every slight shackle she had ever laid on me, she, from that time, with quiet hand removed. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• I tell thee, shackles and the prison-house shall punish the next offence of this kind. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Tom got in, and Haley, drawing out from under the wagon seat a heavy pair of shackles, made them fast around each ankle. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.

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