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Shackle :: Shackle (v. t.) To tie or confine the limbs of, so as to prevent free motion; to bind with shackles; to fetter; to chain..

Shackle :: Shackle (n.) Something which confines the legs or arms so as to prevent their free motion; specifically, a ring or band inclosing the ankle or wrist, and fastened to a similar shackle on the other leg or arm, or to something else, by a chain or a strap; a gyve; a fetter..

Enchain :: Enchain (v. t.) To link together; to connect.

Cablelaid :: Cablelaid (a.) Twisted after the manner of a cable; as, a cable-laid gold chain..

Tight :: Tight (superl.) Not slack or loose; firmly stretched; taut; -- applied to a rope, chain, or the like, extended or stretched out..

Controller :: Controller (n.) An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop into hollows in the block, and thus hold fast until disengaged..

Diamond :: Diamond (a.) Resembling a diamond; made of, or abounding in, diamonds; as, a diamond chain; a diamond field..

Lash :: Lash (n.) To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten; as, to lash something to a spar; to lash a pack on a horse's back..

Catenulate :: Catenulate (a.) Consisting of little links or chains.

Anchor :: Anchor (n.) A iron instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or chain), and which, being cast overboard, lays hold of the earth by a fluke or hook and thus retains the ship in a particular station..

Bond :: Bond (n.) That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a shackle or a manacle..

Sheet :: Sheet (v. t.) A rope or chain which regulates the angle of adjustment of a sail in relation in relation to the wind; -- usually attached to the lower corner of a sail, or to a yard or a boom..

Bier :: Bier (n.) A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woolen cloth.

Versant :: Versant (n.) The slope of a side of a mountain chain; hence, the general slope of a country; aspect..

Jew''s-harp :: Jew's-harp (n.) The shackle for joining a chain cable to an anchor.

Drum :: Drum (n.) A cylinder on a revolving shaft, generally for the purpose of driving several pulleys, by means of belts or straps passing around its periphery; also, the barrel of a hoisting machine, on which the rope or chain is wound..

Studded :: Stud (n.) An iron brace across the shorter diameter of the link of a chain cable.

Clutch :: Clutch (n.) Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle..

Piedmont :: Piedmont (a.) Noting the region of foothills near the base of a mountain chain.

Chain :: Chain (v. t.) To fasten, bind, or connect with a chain; to fasten or bind securely, as with a chain; as, to chain a bulldog..

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