'Shackled' definitions:

Definition of 'shackled'

adjective

Bound by chains fastened around the ankles [syn: fettered, shackled]

From: GCIDE

Shackle \Shac"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shackled; p. pr. & vb. n. Shackling.]
1. To tie or confine the limbs of, so as to prevent free motion; to bind with shackles; to fetter; to chain. [1913 Webster]
To lead him shackled, and exposed to scorn Of gathering crowds, the Britons' boasted chief. --J. Philips. [1913 Webster]
2. Figuratively: To bind or confine so as to prevent or embarrass action; to impede; to cumber. [1913 Webster]
Shackled by her devotion to the king, she seldom could pursue that object. --Walpole. [1913 Webster]
3. To join by a link or chain, as railroad cars. [U. S.] [1913 Webster]
Shackle bar, the coupling between a locomotive and its tender. [U.S.]
Shackle bolt, a shackle. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]