0 present participle of shackle
1 If you are shackled by something, it prevents you from doing what you want to do:
Vriend's note explained that, conscious of contributing to such a distinguished tradition, he was careful to find the balance that would let the cello speak without shackling the piano.
They are also shackling the trade unions—or they think they are.
In shackling the franchise holder to so many predetermined channels, we are in danger of contradicting that statement.
Such controls are shackling us at present—and it is necessary that they should.
It would never tolerate the shackling or the burdening of business.
This is an impoverishment, a shackling, and goes against the ideas of sustainability, which are to adapt to reality and make things viable.
That is shackling, not what we are trying to do with the industry.
I cite by way of recent example the shackling of women in labour.
