stubble. Herefordsh.
·noun <<Stubble>>. II. Shackle ·vt To join by a link or chain, as railroad cars. III. Shackle ·nou...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
[from the Anglo-Saxon sceacul]. A span with two eyes and a bolt, attached to open links in a chain-c...
The Sailor's Word-Book
An open link of iron which connects the chain with the anchor a "Jew's-harp" shackle. ...
A sort of triangular ring formed on the end of a gammon-plate, for the gammoning lashing or chain to...
Two shackles are turned into the breeching, by which it is instantly disconnected from the port-ring...
A bar of iron slightly bent at one end like the common crow, but with a shackle instead of a claw at...
The northern term for flue-net. ...
A shackle with a lever-bolt, for letting go suddenly; yet, when ringed, is sufficient to secure the ...
A large bolt running through the forecastle and spar-deck beams, and forelocked before each beam, wi...