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将头和前足绑在一起,束缚

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hamshackle \Ham"shac`kle\, v. t. [Ham + shackle.]
   To fasten (an animal) by a rope binding the head to one of
   the fore legs; as, to hamshackle a horse or cow; hence, to
   bind or restrain; to curb.