hamshackle
Verb

hamshackle (hamshackles, present participle hamshackling; past and past participle hamshackled)

  1. (transitive) To tie (an animal) by a rope binding the head to one of the forelegs.
    to hamshackle a horse or cow
  2. (transitive, figurative) To bind or restrain; to impose restrictions upon.



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