hamshackle

British

/ ˈhæmʃækəl /

verb

(tr) to hobble (a cow, horse, etc) by tying a rope around the head and one of the legs

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Hamshackle, ham′shak-l, v.t. to shackle a cow or horse by a rope joined to the head and fore-leg: to fetter, restrain.

From Project Gutenberg

Would to Heaven he was yoked to some tight piece of business, no matter whether well or ill paid, but some job that would hamshackle him at least until the courts rose, if it were but for decency's sake.'

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