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gyve

/dʒaɪv/
noun
  1. A shackle or fetter, especially for the legs.
    • The prisoner was forced to wear heavy gyves around his ankles.
    • The blacksmith forged a set of gyves for the town's jail.
    • In the museum, we saw ancient iron gyves used to restrain slaves.
Synonyms
shacklefetterchainmanacle
verb
  1. To shackle or fetter someone or something.
    • The guards gyved the captured soldiers to prevent escape.
    • They gyved the wild animal before transporting it to the zoo.
    • In the old story, the hero was gyved to a wall in the dungeon.
Antonyms
unshacklefree
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