Hamshackle

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hamshackle \Ham"shac`kle\ (h[a^]m"sh[a^]k`'l), v. t. [Ham +
     shackle.]
     To fasten (an animal) by a rope binding the head to one of
     the fore legs; as, to hamshackle a horse or cow; hence, to
     bind or restrain; to curb.
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