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shackle-bolt [f. shackle n.1 + bolt n.1] a. The bolt which passes through the eyes of a shackle. b. Her. This used as a bearing. c. ‘A bolt having a shackle or clevis on the end’ (Knight Dict. Mech. 1875). d. dial. A handcuff.
1688Holme Armoury iii. 311/1 He beareth sable, a double shake-bolt or shackle-bolt, Argent. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Shackle-bolts or Shackles, a sort of Fetters put upon Malefactors in Prison. 1819Scott Ivanhoe xxix, A fetter⁓lock and shacklebolt azure. 1852–63Burn Nav. & Mil. Techn. Dict. (ed. 4), Shackle bolt of a triangle gin. 1876Preece & Sivewright Telegraphy 214 Through the hole in the arm or bracket a 4½ in. bolt is placed; connecting this with the shackle-bolt are two galvanized iron straps..which [etc.]. 1897Leeds Merc. Suppl. 1 May (E.D.D.), Shackle⁓bolts [= handcuffs]. |