shackles

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 Galician: ferros 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