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Adjective: shackled  sha-kuld
  1. Restrained or bound, especially with chains or shackles
    "the shackled prisoner could barely move";
    - fettered
Verb: shackle  sha-kul
  1. Bind the arms of
    "The captors shackled the prisoner's arms behind his back";
    - pinion
     
  2. Restrain with fetters
    "The prisoners were shackled before transport";
    - fetter, enfetter

See also: bound

Type of: confine, constrain, hold, restrain

Encyclopedia: Shackled

Shackle, Thomas