society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > binding or fettering > [adjective] > bound, fettered, or shackled > by the feet or legs (4)
Fastened with gyves; fettered, shackled.
(usually in plural) (a) a shackle or fetter for the leg; cf. iron, n.1 2b (b) a metal brace or splint, used esp. to support or straighten the leg; =…
that has been put in leg irons; shackled or fettered by the legs; cf. ironed, adj. 3.