The word "shackles" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to something that is restricting or binding, usually a metaphorical restriction. For example, "The shackles of expectations weighed heavily on her."
In the summer of 2004, a young jihadist in shackles and chains was walked by his captors slowly into the Camp Bucca prison in southern Iraq.
Set up by some of the team from the iconic Buoyancy club nights, Alfresco Disco pride themselves on putting on nights that promote a free-spirited vibe, away from the shackles that can often restrict inner-city clubs.
Officers completed paperwork over Gray's arrest, placed him in leg shackles, and according to charges laid against all six officers involved in the incident, placed Gray "on his stomach, headfirst on to the floor" back into the van without a seatbelt.
Those shackles might spark a discussion about the character and psychology of consumerism today, and the relationship between brands and consumers.
The greater freedoms and flexibilities that will be enjoyed by Scotland, and indeed Wales, have shone a spotlight on the comparative shackles worn by English cities and regions.
Adam Price, the former Plaid MP who made headlines a decade ago when he tried to impeach Tony Blair over the Iraqi conflict, called for the Welsh people to cast off the shackles of 600 years of English dominance.
This time, Wilson escaped the shackles of the Irish defence after Rachel Burford and Scarratt combined and she touched down in the corner.
The EU, he says "is no friend of the City of London" – indeed, throwing off its shackles might attract more business.
Come the referendum, I shall vote for a more prosperous and more democratic Britain free of the shackles of the EU, which I believe to be anti-democratic, dysfunctional and declining in influence.
The shackles broken, England get three singles off the final three balls of the over.
As Warsama said: "I could write something about being a subjugated Muslim Somali girl in Manchester, held down and determined to break free of her shackles, you know.
