Talk:shackle
One shackle is a unit of length equal to 15 fathoms. 158.145.224.112 21:32, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
- Added based on Wikipedia's definition. Equinox ◑ 21:37, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
- For most uses of a shackle it was (and is) 12.5 fathoms, 75 feet. The UK Navy redefined the shackle as 15 fathoms after WWII, the same length as a shot of chain (90 feet.) - Amgine/ t·e 21:38, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
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Rfv-sense: stubble - appears in OED, but only as a mention in another dictionary Roger the Rodger (talk) 07:05, 16 September 2021 (UTC)
RFV-failed Kiwima (talk) 20:01, 17 October 2021 (UTC)
Re: The English Word 'Shackles' as a Hebrew-Language Derivative[edit]
Hello,
Beyong the Shackel (or, Shackle) being the current State of Israel's official currency, I would like to propose that the English noun, Shackles, has its etymoligical derivation in Hebrew, where the following words from the root: sh-q-l [ש-ק-ל] are formed:
לִשְׁקֹל=[leesh 'qol]=to weigh (an infinitive verb) מִשְׁקָל= [meesh' qal]=weight as well as scales (noun). It is also the Hebrew-language term applied for any part-of-speech formation pattern (similarly to the concept of temp in music). מִשְׁקֹלֶת=[meesh' qo 'let]=a weight-such as dumbells, etc...used at a gym as well as old-fashioned metal weights used on scaled for balancing them (noun)
Please refer to image on wikipedia's website at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_and_chain