hamshackle

verb — 2 senses

hamshackle

verb

Etymology From ham + shackle.

1

To tie (an animal) by a rope binding the head to one of the forelegs.

to hamshackle a horse or cow

2

Figuratively To bind or restrain; to impose restrictions upon.

Not only are our sources, indicating the pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton, limited, but we are also hamshackled by certain time constraints.2010, Steven Ortlepp, Introduction to the Interlinear Bible, page 180:

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