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slave chain

slave chain noun: a long chain to which slaves were fastened, especially when being transported.

Noun

slave chain (plural slave chains)

  1. A long chain to which slaves were fastened, especially when being transported.
    • Then Tarzan turned his attention to the fifty women and youths chained neck to neck on the long slave chain.1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 136
  2. A series of coupled slave units in a master-slave system.

Forms of slave chain

pluralslave chains

Questions about slave chain

What does slave chain mean?
Slave chain means a long chain to which slaves were fastened, especially when being transported.
What part of speech is slave chain?
Slave chain is a noun.
What is the plural of slave chain?
The plural of slave chain is slave chains.

Words near slave chain in the dictionary

  1. slave bracelets
  2. slave breaker
  3. slave breakers
  4. slave camp
  5. slave camps
  6. slave chain
  7. slave chains
  8. slave clock
  9. slave clocks
  10. Slave Coast
  11. slave code

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