hamshackle

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hamshackle

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From ham + shackle.

verb hamshackles · hamshackling · hamshackled

transitive To tie (an animal) by a rope binding the head to one of the forelegs. to hamshackle a horse or cow
figuratively, transitive To bind or restrain; to impose restrictions upon. Not only are our sources, indicating the pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton, limited, but we are also hamshackled by certain time constraints.
Similar: curtail, repress, behedge, guard, govern, smother, bind, chasten, choke back, check, inhibit, catch

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@misc{hamshackle_2026,
  title = {hamshackle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hamshackle},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}