n. A bent or curved bar, as of iron, forming a link or staple used independently and not forming part of a continuous chain.n. A form of insulator used for supporting telegraph-wires where the strain is considerable. It is usually of porcelain, with a hole through the center through which a bolt passes. This bolt secures the insulating spool to two iron straps by which it is secured to the pole or other support.n. Hence Figuratively, anything which hinders, restrains, or confines.n. In heraldry, some part of a chain or fetter used as a bearing, usually a single long, narrow link.n. The wrist.n. Synonyms . Shackle, Gyves, Manacle, Fetter, Shackle and gyves are general words, being: applicable to chains for either the arms or the legs, or perhaps any other part of the body, but gyves is now only elevated or poetic. By derivation, manacles are for the hands, and fetters for the feet.To chain; confine with shackles; manacle or fetter; hence, figuratively, to confine or bind so as to prevent or impede free action; clog; embarrass; hamper; impede; trammel.To join or make fast with a shackle.n. Stubble.n. A raffle.In electricity, to place an insulator between the ends of (a wire that has been cut).