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shackleless

shackleless adjective: that has no shackles, or is not in shackles.

Adjective

shackleless (not comparable)

  1. That has no shackles, or is not in shackles.
    • Near-synonyms: unshackled, fetterless, unfettered, unchained; unmanacled, unhandcuffed
    • Two horses milled shackleless along the street, and a flower seller screamed her abuse as she returned crushed bouquets to her overturned basket.1994, Maria Greene, An Inconvenient Marriage

Synonyms of shackleless

Origin of shackleless

From shackle + -less.

Questions about shackleless

What does shackleless mean?
Shackleless means that has no shackles, or is not in shackles.
What part of speech is shackleless?
Shackleless is an adjective.

Words near shackleless in the dictionary

  1. Shacklean
  2. shackled
  3. shackledom
  4. Shackleford
  5. Shacklefords
  6. shackleless
  7. shackler
  8. shacklers
  9. shackles
  10. shackless
  11. shacklest

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