Shac"kle (?), n. Stubble. [Prov. Eng.] Pegge.
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. skökull 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.