shackles

English

Noun

shackles

1. plural of shackle
2. Restraints, (usually metal) often joined by a chain, placed around a prisoner's wrists or ankles to restrict their movement.

Synonyms

• fetters, manacles

Translations

paired wrist or ankle restraints

• Bulgarian: окови (bg) pl ‎(okovi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 手銬 (zh), 手铐 (zh) ‎(shǒukào)

• Danish: jern (da)
• Dutch: boeien (nl) f pl
• Esperanto: mankateno
• Finnish: kahleet (fi) pl, raudat (fi) pl
• French: fers (fr) pl
• German: Handschellen (de)

• Interlingua: ferros pl, manica
• Irish: iarnach m
• Japanese: 手錠 ‎(てじょう, tejō)
• Portuguese: algema (pt) m, ferros (pt) m pl
• Russian: нару́чники (ru) m pl ‎(narúčniki) (wrists only), кандалы́ (ru) pl ‎(kandalý), у́зы (ru) pl ‎(úzy), око́вы (ru) pl ‎(okóvy)
• Spanish: grillete m
• Telugu: సంకెళ్ళు (te) ‎(saṃkeḷḷu), బంధనాలు ‎(baṃdhanālu)
• Turkish: kelepçe (tr)

See also

• handcuffs

Verb

shackles

1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of shackle

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Scots

Noun

shackles

1. plural of shackle

Verb

shackles

1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of shackle