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单词 hamshackle
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hamshacklev.

/ˈhamʃak(ə)l/
Etymology: apparently of Scots or northern dialect origin; possibly < radical ham- , as in hamper v.1 + shackle v.1; but the first element also occurs as hab-, hap-, hob-, hop-.
transitive. To shackle (a horse or cow) by a rope or strap connecting the head with one of the forelegs; hence figurative to fetter, curb, restrain.
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1802 J. Sibbald Chron. Sc. Poetry Gloss. (Jam.) Hamschakel, to fasten the head of a horse or cow to one of its fore legs, to prevent its wandering too far in an open wild.
1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Hamshackle, to fasten the head of an animal to one of its forelegs. Vicious cows and oxen are often so tied, especially when driven to slaughter.
1847 in J. Craig New Universal Dict.
1864 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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