shackles

English

Inmate in shackles

Noun

shackles

1. plural of shackle
2. Restraints, usually of metal and 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: 鐐銬 (zh), 镣铐 (zh) (liáokào)

• 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
• Italian: ceppi (it) m pl, ferri (it) m pl
• Japanese: 手錠 (てじょう, tejō)
• Portuguese: algema (pt) m, ferros (pt) m pl, grilhetas f 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) (saṅkeḷḷu), బంధనాలు (bandhanālu)
• Turkish: kelepçe (tr)

Verb

shackles

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

See also

• handcuffs

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Scots

Noun

shackles

1. plural of shackle

Verb

shackles

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