hamshackle

== English == === Etymology === From ham +‎ shackle. === Verb === hamshackle (third-person singular simple present hamshackles, present participle hamshackling, simple past and past participle hamshackled) (transitive) To tie (an animal) by a rope binding the head to one of the forelegs. to hamshackle a horse or cow (transitive, figurative) To bind or restrain; to impose restrictions upon. Synonyms: curtail, repress; see also Thesaurus:curb === References === “hamshackle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.