Hamshackle: alternatives and connections

A peculiar gait of a horse, in which both legs on the same side are moved at the same time, alternating with the legs on the other sid…

A carnivorous quadruped of the genus Meles or of an allied genus. It is a burrowing animal, with short, thick legs, and long claws on…

That part of the under side of a horse's lower jaw which is above the chin, and bears the curb of a bridle.

Fig.: To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other moral tie; as, to bind the conscience;…

To fasten or secure with, or as with, a bolt or bolts, as a door, a timber, fetters; to shackle; to restrain.

A stone running through a wall from one face to another, to bind it together; a binding stone.

To restrain, guide, or govern, with, or as with, a bridle; to check, curb, or control; as, to bridle the passions; to bridle a muse.

That part of the breast of an animal which extends from the fore legs back beneath the ribs; also applied to the fore part of a horse,…

To spring with quick plunging leaps, descending with the fore legs rigid and the head held as low down as possible; -- said of a vicio…

The shank bone, or great bone above the fetlock, in the fore and hind legs of the horse and allied animals, corresponding to the middl…

To fasten, bind, or connect with a chain; to fasten or bind securely, as with a chain; as, to chain a bulldog.

A rheumatic affection of the muscles of the breast and fore legs of a horse, affecting motion and respiration.

To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.

To furnish wich a curb, as a well; also, to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth.

A particular leap of a horse, when he raises both his fore legs at once, equally advanced, and, as his fore legs are falling, raises h…

A half vault; one of the seven artificial motions of a horse, in which he raises his fore legs in a particular manner.

restrain or bind with chains

Advanced, as compared with something else; toward the front; being or coming first, in time, place, order, or importance; preceding; a…