SHACKLE-BOLT
\ʃˈakə͡lbˈə͡ʊlt], \ʃˈakəlbˈəʊlt], \ʃ_ˈa_k_əl_b_ˈəʊ_l_t]\
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A shackle: a gyve: a shack-bolt. " 'What device does he bear on his shield?' asked Ivanhoe.
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Something resembling a bar of iron, and a padlock painted blue on the black shield.'-'A fetterlock and shacklebolt azure,' said Ivanhoe; I know not who may bear the device, but well I ween it might now be mine own.' "-Sir. W. Scott.
By Daniel Lyons
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