The definition of a shackle is a literal or figurative restraint that keeps you in place or prevents you from doing what you want.
(noun)See shackle in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: ME schakel < OE sceacel, akin to MDu schakel, chain link < ? IE base *(s)kenk-, to gird, bind
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See shackle in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English schackel
Origin: , from Old English sceacel, fetter
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shackle
left to right: spin and anchor shackles
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