Noun

• S: (n) shackle, bond, hamper, trammel (a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner))
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• S: (n) ball and chain (heavy iron ball attached to a prisoner by a chain)
• S: (n) fetter, hobble (a shackle for the ankles or feet)
• S: (n) handcuff, cuff, handlock, manacle (shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs)
• S: (n) irons, chains (metal shackles; for hands or legs)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) shackle (a U-shaped bar; the open end can be passed through chain links and closed with a bar)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) bar (a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon) "there were bars in the windows to prevent escape"
• S: (n) implement (instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end)
• S: (n) instrumentality, instrumentation (an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end)
• S: (n) artifact, artefact (a man-made object taken as a whole)
• S: (n) whole, unit (an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity) "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit"
• S: (n) object, physical object (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow) "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"
• S: (n) physical entity (an entity that has physical existence)
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
• part holonym

Verb

• S: (v) pinion, shackle (bind the arms of)
• S: (v) fetter, shackle (restrain with fetters)