Hăm'-shăck/le, v. t.

(-shăk'/l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. HAM-SHACKLED; p. pr. & vb. n. HAM-SHACKLING.] [Eng. ham and shackle, q. v.] To fasten by a rope binding the head to one of the fore legs; as, to ham-shackle a horse or cow; hence, to bind or restrain.