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De - Pt| English Dictionary: drag-link | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Shackle \Shac"kle\, n. [Generally used in the plural.] [OE. schakkyll, schakle, AS. scacul, sceacul, a shackle, fr. scacan to shake; cf. D. schakel a link of a chain, a mesh, Icel. sk[94]kull the pole of a cart. See {Shake}.] 1. Something which confines the legs or arms so as to prevent their free motion; specifically, a ring or band inclosing the ankle or wrist, and fastened to a similar shackle on the other leg or arm, or to something else, by a chain or a strap; a gyve; a fetter. His shackles empty left; himself escaped clean. --Spenser. 2. Hence, that which checks or prevents free action. His very will seems to be in bonds and shackles. --South. 3. A fetterlike band worn as an ornament. Most of the men and women . . . had all earrings made of gold, and gold shackles about their legs and arms. --Dampier. 4. A link or loop, as in a chain, fitted with a movable bolt, so that the parts can be separated, or the loop removed; a clevis. 5. A link for connecting railroad cars; -- called also {drawlink}, {draglink}, etc. 6. The hinged and curved bar of a padlock, by which it is hung to the staple. --Knight. {Shackle joint} (Anat.), a joint formed by a bony ring passing through a hole in a bone, as at the bases of spines in some fishes. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Dragbar \Drag"bar`\, n. Same as {Drawbar} (b) . Called also {draglink}, and {drawlink}. [U. S.] | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Draglink \Drag"link`\, n. (Mach.) (a) A link connecting the cranks of two shafts. (b) A drawbar. | |
