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Shackle (disambiguation)

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A shackle is a device used as a connecting link in rigging systems.

Shackle or Shackles may also refer to:

  • Legcuffs, a type of restraint device
  • "Shackles (Praise You)", a song by Mary Mary
  • Shackles (film), a 2005 film
  • As part of a land vehicle, a shackle is a link connecting a leaf spring to the frame
  • A nautical unit used for measuring the lengths of the cables and chains (especially anchor chains), equal to 15 fathoms, 90 feet or 27.432 meters.
  • Shackles or Shakles, the English translation title for the Indonesian novel Belenggu by Armijn Pane
  • G. L. S. Shackle (1903–1992), an English economist