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leg irons

leg irons noun: a fetter or shackle attached at the ankle.

Noun

leg irons pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A fetter or shackle attached at the ankle.
    • Security is tight inside and outside the building, guarded by a bewildering collection of soldiers, policemen and gendarmes. Relatives watch as prisoners in handcuffs and leg irons shuffle past.2014 November 27, Ian Black, “Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis”, in The Guardian

Questions about leg irons

What does leg irons mean?
Leg irons means a fetter or shackle attached at the ankle.
What part of speech is leg irons?
Leg irons is a noun.

Words near leg irons in the dictionary

  1. leg extension
  2. leg extensions
  3. leg glance
  4. leg glances
  5. leg iron
  6. leg irons
  7. leg it
  8. leg lock
  9. leg locks
  10. leg man
  11. leg men

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