Shackle (disambiguation)
# Shackle (disambiguation)

A shackle is a device used as a connecting link in rigging systems.

Shackle or Shackles may also refer to:

## Objects and measures

* Certain restraint devices, such as handcuffs, legcuffs or thumbcuffs
* As part of a land vehicle, a shackle is a link connecting a leaf spring to the frame
* A nautical unit used for measuring the lengths of the cables and chains (especially anchor chains), equal to 15 fathoms, 90 feet or 27.432 meters.
* USS Shackle (ARS-9), an American ship

## Art and entertainment

* "Shackles (Praise You)", a song by Mary Mary
* Shackles (film), a 2005 film
* Shackles or Shakles, the English translation title for the Indonesian novel Belenggu by Armijn Pane

## People with the name

* Christopher Shackle (born 1942), English philologist
* G. L. S. Shackle (1903–1992), English economist
* Maud Shackle, English tennis player
* Thomas Shackle, English cricketer
* Thomas Shackle (cricketer, born 1834), English cricketer
