English Dictionary

hamshackle

verb

(transitive) To tie (an animal) by a rope binding the head to one of the forelegs. / (transitive, figuratively) To bind or restrain; to impose restrictions upon.

The old house was hamshackled and falling apart.

意味（1）

(transitive) To tie (an animal) by a rope binding the head to one of the forelegs.

to hamshackle a horse or cow

意味（2）

(transitive, figuratively) To bind or restrain; to impose restrictions upon.

Not only are our sources, indicating the pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton, limited, but we are also hamshackled by certain time constraints.