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    shackle

    US /ˈʃækəl/

    ・

    UK /'ʃækl/

    C1
    v.t.Transitive VerbTo tie someone up in chains to restrict movements
    The prisoner was shackled and abandoned in a castle dungeon

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    • Shackle free.

      Shackle free.

    B2

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    • There's clearly a large metal shackle attached to his wrist throughout the scene,

      There's clearly a large metal shackle attached to his wrist throughout the scene,

    • caught up in the scene to pay attention to detail. There's clearly a large metal shackle

      caught up in the scene to pay attention to detail. There's clearly a large metal shackle

    B1

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    • After they're fully sedated, workers carefully secure each bird onto an overhead shackle conveyor which carries them past this surgical blade.

      After they're fully sedated, workers carefully secure each bird onto an overhead shackle conveyor which carries them past this surgical blade.

    B2

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    04:55Anchors Don't Work The Way You Think
    • It's done through a very old school system of measurement called the shackle.

      It's done through a very old school system of measurement called the shackle.

    • A standard length of chain is called a shot or a shackle, which is exactly 27.5 meters or 90ft.

      A standard length of chain is called a shot or a shackle, which is exactly 27.5 meters or 90ft.

    B1