Shackle (disambiguation)

A shackle is a device used as a connecting link in rigging systems.

Shackle or Shackles may also refer to:

Objects and measures

 * Certain restraint devices, such as handcuffs, legcuffs or thumbcuffs
 * As part of a land vehicle, a shackle is a link connecting a leaf spring to the frame
 * A nautical unit used for measuring the lengths of the cables and chains (especially anchor chains), equal to 15 fathoms, 90 feet or 27.432 meters.
 * USS Shackle (ARS-9), an American ship

Art and entertainment

 * "Shackles (Praise You)", a song by Mary Mary
 * Shackles (film), a 2005 film
 * Shackles or Shakles, the English translation title for the Indonesian novel Belenggu by Armijn Pane

People with the name

 * Christopher Shackle (born 1942), English philologist
 * G. L. S. Shackle (1903–1992), English economist
 * Maud Shackle, English tennis player
 * Thomas Shackle, English cricketer
 * Thomas Shackle (cricketer, born 1834), English cricketer