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hamshackles

hamshackles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hamshackle.

Meaning of hamshackle

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.
    • to hamshackle a horse or cow
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To bind or restrain; to impose restrictions upon.
    • Not only are our sources, indicating the pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton, limited, but we are also hamshackled by certain time constraints.2010, Steven Ortlepp, Introduction to the Interlinear Bible, page 180

Questions about hamshackles

What is hamshackles the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Hamshackles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hamshackle.

Words near hamshackles in the dictionary

  1. hamsandwiches
  2. hamsas
  3. Hamsey
  4. hamshackle
  5. hamshackled
  6. hamshackles
  7. hamshackling
  8. Hamsheni
  9. Hamshenis
  10. Hamshire
  11. hamsick

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