| 单词 | chain and ball | 
| 释义 | > as lemmaschain and ball  a.  As employed to restrain or fetter; hence a bond or fetter generally; esp. in plural fetters, bonds; abstract confinement, imprisonment, captivity.  chain and ball: see ball and chain n.; also attributive and figurative (U.S.). ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > binding or fettering > 			[noun]		 > bond(s) or fetter(s) or shackle(s) > chain reckoneOE rakenteieOE chaina1382 racklea1500 society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > 			[noun]		 > captivity caitiftya1300 caitifdom1382 captivityc1400 captivance1590 captivation1610 chain1667 fetter1704 captivement1714 society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > 			[noun]		 > instruments of punishment in > ball and chain ball and chain1818 chain and ball1866 1393    J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 132  				They bounden him with cheines faste. 1611    Bible 		(King James)	 Psalms lxviii. 6  				Hee bringeth out those that are bound with chaines. < as lemmas  | 
	
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