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chains

tʃeɪn

noun

a series of linked metal rings used for fastening or securing something, or for pulling loads.

he slid the bolts on the front door and put the safety chain across

fetters,shackles,bonds,irons,leg irons,manacles,handcuffs,cuffs,bracelets,trammels,gyves,darbies,bilboes

verb

fasten or secure with a chain.

she chained her bicycle to the railings

tie,secure,fasten,tether,hitch,bind,rope,moor,restrain,shackle,fetter,manacle,handcuff,hobble,confine,imprison,trammel,gyve

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chain

tʃeɪn

noun

a series of linked metal rings used for fastening or securing something, or for pulling loads.

he slid the bolts on the front door and put the safety chain across

fetters,shackles,bonds,irons,leg irons,manacles,handcuffs,cuffs,bracelets,trammels,gyves,darbies,bilboes

verb

fasten or secure with a chain.

she chained her bicycle to the railings

tie,secure,fasten,tether,hitch,bind,rope,moor,restrain,shackle,fetter,manacle,handcuff,hobble,confine,imprison,trammel,gyve

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bilboes

/ˈbɪlboʊz/

plural noun

An iron bar with sliding shackles, formerly used for confining a prisoner’s ankles.

Stocks (also known as ‘bilboes’) were a commonplace feature of plantation discipline, but were used only once by the St. Andrew slave court.

shackles,manacles,handcuffs,irons,leg irons,chains,bonds

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