Shackle

SHAK•ulnoun

Metal fasteners used to restrain a prisoner by the wrist or ankle. Also a verb, indicating to “restrain with shackles.” Cf. “fetter.”

Sung in

• Hymn 158 · Before Thee, Lord, I Bow My Head
• Hymn 237 · Do What Is Right

From the LDS Hymn Dictionary · David D. Byrd & M. Ryan Byrd, 2007 · Privacy