shackle : Idioms & Phrases
Shackle bar
- the coupling between a locomotive and its tender. U.S.
Webster 1913
Shackle bolt
- a shackle.
Webster 1913
Shackle joint
(Anat.) , a joint formed by a bony ring passing through a hole in a bone, as at the bases of spines in some fishes.
Webster 1913
Span shackle
(Naut.) , a large bolt driven through the forecastle deck, with a triangular shackle in the head to receive the heel of the old-fashioned fish davit. Ham. Nav. Encyc.
