Shackle | Mean of shackle in English Dictionary

/ˈʃækəl/

• Noun
• one of two rings or bands that are placed around a person's wrists or ankles and that are connected by a chain
1. The prisoner was placed in shackles.
• something that prevents people from acting freely
1. The country was freed from the shackles of tyranny.
• Verb
• to put shackles on (someone or something)
1. The guard shackled the prisoner.
2. Their legs were shackled together.
3. The people were shackled by poverty.