chains

2 definitions found

chains - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  chains \chains\ (ch[=a]ns), n.
     metal shackles connected by chains, used to bind hands or
     legs; as, he was kept two weeks in chains.
  
     Syn: iron, irons, chain.
          [WordNet 1.5]

chains - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  chains
      n 1: metal shackles; for hands or legs [syn: irons, chains]