hamshackle

verb

Etymology

From ham + shackle.

  1. inherited from *skeg-
  2. inherited from *skakulaz — “shackle
  3. inherited from *skakul
  4. inherited from sċacul
  5. inherited from shakel
  6. compounded as hamshackle — “ham + shackle

Definitions

  1. To tie (an animal) by a rope binding the head to one of the forelegs.

    • to hamshackle a horse or cow
  2. To bind or restrain

    To bind or restrain; to impose restrictions upon.

    • Not only are our sources, indicating the pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton, limited, but we are also hamshackled by certain time constraints.

The neighborhood

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