hamshackle

Etymology

From ham + shackle.

hamshackle means to tie (an animal) by a rope binding the head to one of the forelegs. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.

verb

To tie (an animal) by a rope binding the head to one of the forelegs.“to hamshackle a horse or cow”
To bind or restrain; to impose restrictions upon.“Not only are our sources, indicating the pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton, limited, but we are also hamshackled by certain time constraints.”