Shackle vs Chain - What's the difference?
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A restraint fit over a human or animal appendage, such as a wrist, ankle or finger. Usually used in plural, to indicate a pair joined by a chain; a hobble.
A U-shaped piece of metal secured with a pin or bolt across the opening, or a hinged metal loop secured with a quick-release locking pin mechanism.
(figuratively, usually in plural) A restraint on one's action, activity, or progress.
* South
A fetter-like band worn as an ornament.
* Dampier
A link for connecting railroad cars; a drawlink or draglink.
stubble
To restrain using ; to place in shackles.
By extension, to render immobile or incapable; to inhibit the progress or abilities of someone or something.
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A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.
A series of interconnected things.
A series of stores or businesses with the same brand name.
(chemistry) A number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule.
(surveying) A series of interconnected links of known length, used as a measuring device.
(surveying) A long measuring tape.
A unit of length equal to 22 yards. The length of a Gunter's surveying chain. The length of a cricket pitch. Equal to 20.12 metres. Equal to 4 rods. Equal to 100 links.
(mathematics, order theory) A totally ordered set, especially a totally ordered subset of a poset.
(British) A sequence of linked house purchases, each of which is dependent on the preceding and succeeding purchase (said to be "broken" if a buyer or seller pulls out).
That which confines, fetters, or secures; a bond.
* Milton
(nautical, in the plural) Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels.
(weaving) The warp threads of a web.
To fasten something with a chain.
To link multiple items together.
To secure someone with fetters.
To obstruct the mouth of a river etc with a chain.
(computing) To relate data items with a chain of pointers.
(computing) To be chained to another data item.
To measure a distance using a 66-foot long chain, as in land surveying.
To load and automatically run (a program).
* 1996 , "Mr D Walsh", Running two programs from a batch file'' (on newsgroup ''comp.sys.acorn.misc )
* 1998 , "Juan Flynn", BBC software transmitted on TV - how to load?'' (on newsgroup ''comp.sys.acorn.misc )
* 2006 , "Richard Porter", SpamStamp double headers'' (on newsgroup ''comp.sys.acorn.apps )
As nouns the difference between shackle and chain
is that shackle is a restraint fit over a human or animal appendage, such as a wrist, ankle or finger. Usually used in plural, to indicate a pair joined by a chain; a hobble while chain is a series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.As verbs the difference between shackle and chain
is that shackle is to restrain using shackles; to place in shackles while chain is to fasten something with a chain.shackle
English
(wikipedia shackle)Noun
(en noun)- His very will seems to be in bonds and shackles .
- Most of the men and women had all earrings made of gold, and gold shackles about their legs and arms.
- (Pegge)
Hyponyms
* handcuff / handcuffs * manacle / manacles * fetterDerived terms
* harp shackleVerb
(shackl)- This law would effectively shackle its opposition.
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Antonyms
*(to restraint using shackles) unshackle, untie *(to inhibit the abilities of) free, liberate, unshackleAnagrams
* ----chain
English
(wikipedia chain)Noun
(en noun)- He wore a gold chain around the neck .
- a chain of mountains
- a chain of ideas, one leading to the next
- This led to an unfortunate chain of events .
- That chain of restaurants is expanding into our town .
- When examined, the molecular chain included oxygen and hydrogen .
- the chains of habit
- Driven down / To chains of darkness and the undying worm.
- (Knight)
Synonyms
*Derived terms
* Albert chain * ball and chain * bra chain * chaincase * chain drive * chain gang * chain gun * chain letter * chain lightning * chainlink * chainlink fence * chain mail, chainmail * chainman * chain of command * chain of custody * chain of events * chain of production * chain of thought * chain of title * chain pickerel * chainplate * chain pump * chain reaction * chainring * chain rule * chainsaw, chain saw * chain shot * chain-smoke * chain smoker * chainsmoking, chain-smoking * chain stitch * chain store * chain story * daisy chain, daisy-chain * food chain * green chain * Gunter's chain, Gunter's Chain * heterochain * hogchain * homochain * interchain * intrachain * keychain, key chain * Markov chain * megachain * mountain chain * off the chain * retail chain * side chain, sidechain * signifying chain * snow chain * subchain * supply chain * toolchain * waist chainVerb
(en verb)- How do you get one program to chain another? I want to run DrawWorks2 then !Draw but as soon as you run Drawworks2 it finishes the batch file and doesn't go on to the next instruction! Is there a way without loading one of these automatic loaders?
- You can do LOAD "" or CHAIN "" to load or chain the next program if I remember correctly (it's been a loooong time since I've used a tape on an Acorn!)
- Recent versions of AntiSpam no longer use the Config file but have a Settings file instead, so when I updated the Config file to chain SpamStamp it had no effect as it was a redundant file.