gyve

[ jahyv ]

noun

1. Usually gyves. a shackle, especially for the leg; fetter.

verb (used with object)

, gyved, gyv·ing.

1. to shackle.

gyve

/ dʒaɪv /

verb

1. tr to shackle or fetter

noun

1. usually plural fetters

Other Words From

• un·gyved adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of gyve¹

1175–1225; Middle English give < ?

Word History and Origins

Origin of gyve¹

C13: of unknown origin

Example Sentences

So soon as the child began to speak, the gyve was riveted; and the boys and girls limped about their play like convicts.

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I see the food to be wholesome,” said Jack; “and still it is no proof that a man should wear a gyve on his right leg.

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God knows,” said Jack, “I fear your anger; but yet your anger does not prove that a man should wear a gyve on his right leg.

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But the man, when his gyve spoke, spat and struck at Jack, and threw stones at him as he went away; so that his head was broken.

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So he stooped and put the gyve in his bosom; and the rough iron galled him as he went, and his bosom bled.

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