SHACKLE (3)

Shac″kle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shackled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shackling.] 1. 1. To tie or confine the limbs of, so as to prevent free motion; to bind with shackles; to fetter; to chain.
To lead him shackled, and exposed to scorn Of gathering crowds, the Britons' boasted chief. J. Philips. 2. 2. Figuratively: To bind or confine so as to prevent or embarrass action; to impede; to cumber.
Shackled by her devotion to the king, she seldom could pursue that object. Walpole. 3. 3. To join by a link or chain, as railroad cars.
Shackle bar, the coupling between a locomotive and its tender. — Shackle bolt, a shackle. Sir W. Scott.