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  • Shackle

    ·noun <<Stubble>>. II. Shackle ·vt To join by a link or chain, as railroad cars. III. Shackle ·nou...

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  • shackle

    [from the Anglo-Saxon sceacul]. A span with two eyes and a bolt, attached to open links in a chain-c...

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  • anchor-shackle

    An open link of iron which connects the chain with the anchor a "Jew's-harp" shackle. ...

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  • gammon-shackle

    A sort of triangular ring formed on the end of a gammon-plate, for the gammoning lashing or chain to...

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  • shackle-breeching

    Two shackles are turned into the breeching, by which it is instantly disconnected from the port-ring...

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  • shackle-crow

    A bar of iron slightly bent at one end like the common crow, but with a shackle instead of a claw at...

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  • shackle-net

    The northern term for flue-net. ...

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  • slip-shackle

    A shackle with a lever-bolt, for letting go suddenly; yet, when ringed, is sufficient to secure the ...

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  • span-shackle

    A large bolt running through the forecastle and spar-deck beams, and forelocked before each beam, wi...

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