Read full poem →How will those solemn looks appear to mc,
And that seoerejace that speaks chains and shackles /'*
Dictionary Entry
(usually in the plural) A restraint fit over a human or animal appendage, such as a wrist, ankle or finger; normally used in pairs joined by a chain.
In a Sentence
“The prisoner lay in shackles in his gloomy cell.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. shacklesshackles iron
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Synonyms
Poetry examples for “shackles”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →League of Nations removes the conventional
shackles of diplomacy. Under the covenant, it
is our friendly right to protest against tyranny
Read full poem →There were slaves who dragged the shackles of a precedent unbroken,
Demonstrating the fulfilment of unalterable schemes,
Read full poem →Fu' to ba' de battle's brunt.
Dey kin fo'ge yo' chains an' shackles
F'om de mountains to de sea;
Read full poem →Thou knowest I have not once lost nor faith nor ecstasy in Thee;
(In shackles, prison’d, in disgrace, repining not,
Accepting all from Thee—as duly come from Thee.)
Read full poem →"The shame a ma," quo' mettled John Ha',
"They'll be gude shackles to my pleugh."