| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To fasten (an animal) by a rope binding the head to one of the fore legs; as, to hamshackle a horse or cow; hence, to bind or restrain; to curb.[Websters] 2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: hamshackling, hamshackled, hamshackles, hamshackler, hamshacklers, hamshacklingly and hamshackledly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "HAMSHACKLE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1898. (references) |
| Note: Hamshackle \Ham"shac`kle\, transitive verb. [Ham shackle.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: HAMSHACKLE
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Literature | Hamshackle To hamshackle a horse is to tie his head to one of his fore-legs. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
