"hamshackle" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: hamshackles [present, singular, third-person], hamshackling [participle, present], hamshackled [participle, past], hamshackled [past]
Etymology: From ham + shackle. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|ham|shackle}} ham + shackle Head templates: {{en-verb}} hamshackle (third-person singular simple present hamshackles, present participle hamshackling, simple past and past participle hamshackled)
  1. (transitive) To tie (an animal) by a rope binding the head to one of the forelegs. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-hamshackle-en-verb-FB6znwCZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 65 35
  2. (transitive, figurative) To bind or restrain; to impose restrictions upon. Tags: figuratively, transitive Synonyms: curtail, repress, curb
    Sense id: en-hamshackle-en-verb-cCt7y7wt

Inflected forms

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