shackle

/ʃˈækəl/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
2. a U-shaped bar; the open end can be passed through chain links and closed with a bar

verb

1. bind the arms of
2. restrain with fetters

Synonyms for shackle

• bond
• hamper
• trammel
• pinion
• fetter

Words that rhyme with shackle

• tackle
• cackle
• crackle
• tabernacle
• grackle
• hackle
• jackal
• ramshackle
• spackle
• crackel
• hackel
• hackl
• jackel
• jakel
• kachel
• mackall
• mackel
• racal
• rachal
• unshackle
• yackel
• yakel