shackledadj.
/ˈʃak(ə)ld/ a. Wearing or bound in shackles.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > restriction of free action > [adjective] > restricted in free action
coarctc1420
shackledc1440
coarcteda1500
haltered?1510
catesnd1566
straited1581
immurate1593
chained1613
hampered1633
muzzled1647
throttled1677
tethereda1680
fetlocked1725
strangled1813
trammelled1813
spancelled1835
iron-bound1850
cabined1853
manacled1861
vaulted1863
tied1876
strait-jacketed1894
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > binding or fettering > [adjective] > bound, fettered, or shackled
yfeteredOE
fettereda1325
bounda1382
ygyveda1387
shackledc1440
bounded1711
trammelled1813
spancelled1835
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [adjective] > restricted or limited > in free action
coarctc1420
shackledc1440
coarcteda1500
haltered?1510
catesnd1566
straited1581
chained1613
hampered1633
muzzled1647
tethereda1680
fetlocked1725
strangled1813
trammelled1813
spancelled1835
iron-bound1850
cabined1853
manacled1861
vaulted1863
tied1876
strait-jacketed1894
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 443/2 Schakklyd, numellatus.
1560 J. Heywood Fourth Hundred Epygrams xli. sig. Bii We wrestle alone: And shall, tyll tyme our shakeled breeches be gone.
1600 Maydes Metamorphosis v. i Hee's as good a footeman as a shackled sow.
1671 A. Woodhead tr. Life St. Teresa i. xxxv. 259 To make them, who fly like eagles..to walk no faster than a shackled Hen.
1842 H. W. Longfellow Witnesses i With shackled feet and hands.
1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations III. xv. 262 The hunted wounded skackled creature.
b. transferred and figurative.
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1837 J. G. Whittier Lines Celebr. 3rd Anniv. Brit. Emancip. 14 The shackled soul and hand are free.
1894 E. Lee-Hamilton Sonn. Wingless Hours 22 Let not this shackled body drag thee down Into that stagnant sea.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > deformities of specific parts > [adjective] > of legs > having
leglessc1390
bow-legged1552
crook-legged1580
shackle-hammed1592
baker-kneed1611
baker-legged1611
buckle-hammed1629
out-shinned1682
bandy-legged1688
crooked-legged1691
shackled-ham'd1733
badger-legged1738
tailor-legged1768
knock-kneed1774
scissor-legged1880
1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming 112 A Colt, who is check'd by being work'd too soon, will be shackled-ham'd, stunted, and complain ever after.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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