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shackle joints

shackle joints is the plural of shackle joint.

Meaning of shackle joint

Noun

shackle joint (plural shackle joints)

  1. A joint formed by a bony ring passing through a hole in a bone, as at the bases of spines in some fishes.
  2. A joint held together by a shackle or clevis and a bolt.
    • The screw 22, which actuates the rod 19 of the piston, passes through the screw 23, and is jointed to the end of the rod 19 by a shackle joint;1818, The Repertory of Arts, Manufactures, and Agriculture, page 266

Questions about shackle joints

What is shackle joints the plural of?
Shackle joints is the plural of shackle joint.

Words near shackle joints in the dictionary

  1. shacklands
  2. shackle
  3. shackle bolt
  4. shackle bolts
  5. shackle joint
  6. shackle joints
  7. shackle-bone
  8. shackle-bones
  9. Shacklean
  10. shackled
  11. shackledom

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