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Showing words for SHACKLES using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Shackles

shackles

7 Letter Words for Shackles

clashes, hackles, sealchs, shackle

6 Letter Words for Shackles

cashel, cashes, casshe, chalks, chases, chasse, chekas, chelas, haceks, hackle, halses, hassel, hassle, klesha, laches, lakses, lashes, lekach, scales, sealch, selahs, shacks, shakes, shales, sheals, slacks, slakes

5 Letter Words for Shackles

aches, alces, alecs, ashes, cakes, calks, cases, casks, casse, chalk, chals, chase, chass, cheka, chela, chess, claes, clake, clash, class, hacek, hacks, hakes, hales, halke, halse, hasks, heals, hecks, helas, kales, keach, khass, laces, lache, lacks, lakes, lakhs, lases, leach, leaks, leash, lekha, sacks, sakes, sales, salse, scale, scase, seals, selah, shack, shake, shale, sheal, sheas, shela, slack, slaes, slake, slash, slask, sleck

4 Letter Words for Shackles

aces, ache, acle, akes, alce, alec, ales, asks, asse, cake, calk, cals, case, cash, cask, cass, ceas, cels, cess, chal, chas, each, elks, esca, hack, haec, haes, hake, hale, hals, hask, heal, heck, hela, kaes, kale, kcal, keas, kesh, lace, lack, lacs, lahs, lake, lakh, laks, lase, lash, lask, lass, leak, leas, lech, leck, leks, less, sack, sacs, saek, sake, sale, sals, sash, sclk, seah, seak, seal, seas, sech, seck, secs, sels, shea, shes, skal, skas, skel

3 Letter Words for Shackles

ace, ach, ack, aes, ahs, ake, alc, ale, alk, als, ase, ash, ask, asl, ass, cal, cel, cha, che, chs, clk, csk, eas, ech, ehs, ela, elk, els, esc, ess, hae, hak, has, hcl, hel, hes, kae, kal, kas, kea, kha, lac, lah, lak, las, lca, lea, lek, les, lsc, sac, sah, sal, sch, sea, sec, sel, sha, she, ska, sla, sle, sse, ssh

Definitions for Shackles

[1] a ring or other fastening, as of iron, for securing the wrist, ankle, etc.; fetter.
[2] a hobble or fetter for a horse or other animal.
[3] the U -shaped bar of a padlock, one end of which is pivoted or sliding, the other end of which can be released, as for passing through a staple, and then fastened, as for securing a hasp.
[4] any of various fastening or coupling devices.
[5] Often shackles. anything that serves to prevent freedom of procedure, thought, etc.
[6] to put a shackle or shackles on; confine or restrain by a shackle or shackles.
[7] to fasten or couple with a shackle.
[8] to restrain in action, thought, etc., as by restrictions; restrict the freedom of.
[9] (often plural) a metal ring or fastening, usually part of a pair used to secure a person's wrists or ankles; fetter
[10] (often plural) anything that confines or restricts freedom
[11] a rope, tether, or hobble for an animal
[12] a U-shaped bracket, the open end of which is closed by a bolt (shackle pin ), used for securing ropes, chains, etc
[13] to confine with or as if with shackles
[14] to fasten or connect with a shackle

Words related to Shackles

shacklehandcuff, bind, cuff, confine, fetter, chain, manacle, bracelet, rope, trammel, hog-tie, secure, hold

Words nearby Shackles

hache, shack, shack up, shack-tapping, shacket, shackle, shackleton, shacko, shackup, shacky, shad

Origin of Shackles

before 1000; (noun) Middle English schakle, schakyl(le ); Old English sceacel fetter; cognate with Low German schakel hobble, Old Norse skǫkull wagon pole, (v.) late Middle English schaklyn, derivative of the noun

Other words from Shackles

shack·ler , noun

Word origin for Shackles

Old English sceacel; related to Dutch schakel, Old Norse skokull wagon pole, Latin cingere to surround

Synonyms for Shackles

handcuff, irons, bracelet, chain, cuff, fetter, manacle, rope, trammel, electronic ankle bracelet, leg-iron