Shackle and similar can mean:
A type of fastening device, often used as part of boat etc rigging: see below
A type of restraint device: see fetters
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Shackle
A metal U-shaped connector that attaches to other fittings with the use of a pin that is inserted through the arms of the U.
Shake out
To remove a reef from a sail.
shackle
A metal link that can be opened and closed, screwed or unscrewed. Typically a U-shaped piece of stainless steel with eyes in the ends, closed by a shackle pin.
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shackle - A metal link fitting typically U-shaped, with a pin across the throat, used to connect lines to an anchor or sail.
Shackle
Part of the indispensable equipment on the boat. It is a small device used for attaching lines to other things, like sails.
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Shackle
Stainless steel link used to connect sails, lines, blocks, etc.
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ShackleA "U" shaped connector with a pin or bolt across the open end.
Shear PinA safety device, used to fasten a propeller to its shaft; it breaks when the propeller hits a solid object, thus preventing further damage.
SHACKLE-A U-shaped piece of metal with a removable pin across the open end. Shackles are attached to the ends of a boat's halyards and used to link the halyards to the heads of the sails for hoisting.
shackle
A metal fitting that secures objects to each other. It is opened and closed using a clevis pin. A screwshackle uses a threaded clevis pin (screw pin). A snapshackle uses a quicker acting spring-loaded pin.
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Shackle - A u-shaped stainless fitting with two eyes that a shackle pin attaches to, to close the circle. Can be a quick release
Shift Interrupter - Pressure sensitive switch used to electronically slow the engine down when shifting gears ...
All shackles should be adequate in size, and well fastened and seized with thin wire. For Heaven's sake, make sure that the bitter end is well fastened to the boat! ...
SHACKLE- Metal coupling appliance.
SHANK - Shaft or anchor.
SHIP - A larger vessel usually thought of as being used for ocean travel. A vessel able to carry a "boat" on board.
Many riggers shackle the shrouds to an iron band fitted to the hounds. This plan is open to objection. There may be a flaw in the iron and the band may give way suddenly, causing the mast to snap off short like the stem of a clay pipe.
shackle: strong metal link with a removable bolt a metal link which can be open and closed for joining chain to anchor, etc.
To fasten one rope to another bending shackle A device which connects chain cable to the anchor ring Bermuda rig A triangular-sail rig (as opposed to a gag rig); also called a jib-headed rig, Marconi rig, and Bermudian rig berth 1.
- Permanent or Shackle Connections — The connection between the tow line and the swivel eye hook (or shackle) can be a permanent connection (the hook is connected directly to the thimble) or temporary (the hook is connected to the thimble ...
SHACKLE BOLT A pin or bolt that passes through both eyes of a shackle and completes the link.
Bilboes - Long bars or bolts with a padlock on the end, on which iron shackles could slide, which were used on board ship to confine the legs of prisoners.
shackle -- a metal link which can be open and closed for joining chain to anchor, etc.
Shackle: A U-shaped fitting closed with a pin and used to secure sails to lines or fittings, and lines to fittings.
If you break a shackle, it can hold your halyard to your sail, and it can secure the jibsheets to the jib. The bowline is a difficult knot at first, but worth mastering.
Just remember that the tack is where the sail is tacked (attached) to the boat, usually by some sort of shackle. Not to be confused with the other meaning of the word, which has to do with the relationship of the sailboat to the wind.
The stanchions themselves support double lifelines, one of which is shackled directly to the hinged boarding ladder on the swim step so that it will fall away to provide a wide and easy access (un accès facile et large!) to the swim step.
The jibsheets may be tied to the clew using a bowline or shackles. The jibsheets in this photo are attached using a soft shackle, which avoids large knots or heavy metal that could be dangerous to a crew wrestling with a flailing jib.
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Attach tack shackle to fore'ad chain plate, and clip Hanks onto forestay. Attach Jib halyard to jib head, use slack halyard to furl jib on foredeck.
Turning blocks: Often a spinnaker or genoa sheet leads aft through a block and forward to a winch. If the shackle lets go, ...
A type of knot used to attach a line to a shackle.
buoy
A floating device used as a navigational aid by marking channels, hazards and prohibited areas.
Buntline Hitch: Excellent for fastening a halyard to a shackle. Easy to tie and untie.
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To restrain or immobilize (a person) by binding the arms. b. To bind (a person's arms). 3. To bind fast or hold down; shackle. [Middle English, from Old French pignon, from Vulgar Latin *pinnio, pinnion- , from Latin penna, pinna, feather.] ...
GRAB RAILS - Hand-hold fittings mounted on cabin tops and sides for personal safety when moving around the boat.
GROUND TACKLE - Anchor, anchor rode (line or chain), and all the shackles and other gear used for attachment.
tie down, make safe and shipshape SEIZE to bind with marline or wire to prevent accidental opening or unraveling SET that component of the movement of a ship, caused by current or tide, not in the direction in which the ship is heading SHACKLE a ...
shackle -- a metal link which can be open and closed for joining chain to anchor, etc.
sheet -- the lines leading from the clew of a sail with which you pull in or let it out
ship in seas -- take in seas ...
 See also: Boat, Line, Rigging, Point, Sail
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