shackling
Fastening with restraints
Shackling is the act of putting shackles on someone—binding their wrists or ankles with metal restraints.
The word extends to any form of severe constraint: The country's progress was shackling by outdated regulations.
In poultry processing, shackling refers to hanging birds by the legs on a conveyor line.
Linked metal restraints
- fettersAnkle restraints, often metal
- manaclesWrist shackles for prisoners
- bondageInvoluntary subjugation to another
- captivityState of being confined
restraint · confinement · incarceration · irons · leg irons · handcuffs · detention · dungeon
Imposing limits upon
- limitingPlacing restrictions upon
- restrictingPlacing limits upon
- hinderingCreating obstacles to progress
- burdeningImposing a load
encumbering · stifling · suppressing · inhibiting · hampering · impeding · oppressing · trapping
chains
Linked metal restraints
- fettersAnkle restraints, often metal
- manaclesWrist shackles for prisoners
- bondageInvoluntary subjugation to another
captivity · restraint · confinement · incarceration · irons · leg irons · handcuffs · detention · dungeon · prisoner
constraining
Imposing limits upon
- limitingPlacing restrictions upon
- restrictingPlacing limits upon
- hinderingCreating obstacles to progress
burdening · encumbering · stifling · suppressing · inhibiting · hampering · impeding · oppressing · trapping · binding
anchor
Secures ships to seabed
chain · deck · ship · vessel · harbor · docking · maritime · rigging · cable · tethering
- restrainingconstraining, restricting, limiting, confining, curbing
- meatpackingslaughterhouse, meatpacker, abattoirs, meatpacking plant, packing house
- prisoncell block, inmate, jail, prison, prisoner
- chainscable chain, rope chain, cuban link, ball chain, roller chain
- military punishmentsflogging, lashing, whipping, court-martial, brig
- prison disciplinesolitary confinement, the hole, loss of privileges, lockdown, punishment cell
shacklingfreeing
Releasing from confinement
unshackling · releasing · unbinding · unchaining · liberating
shacklingenabling
Making something feasible
empowering · facilitating · encouraging · assisting · helping
shacklingliberating
Setting free from constraint
freeing · emancipating · empowering · enabling · facilitating