1. noun LAW, HIST2. verb LAW, HIST put shackles on3. verb constrain1 noun LAW, HISTgeimheal fem2his shackles were removedbaineadh na geimhle dea slave in shacklessclábhaí faoi chuibhreach2 verb LAW, HIST put shackles on TRANSITIVEgeimhligh verbthey were shackled together by the anklesbhí ceangal rúitín á gcoinneáil le chéile3 verb constrain TRANSITIVElaincisí a chur ar c m ubac a chur ar c m uthe country is shackled by debtstá fiacha ag cur laincisí ar ar an tír
noun literary they're throwing off the shackles of the pasttá siad á bhfuascailt féin ó laincisí an ama atá caiteit freed them of the shackles of bureaucracyshaor sé iad ó shrianta an mhaorlathais