Meaning
- 1.
fetters; shackles — Wooden shackles for encircling the ankles and wrists of a prisoner.
- 2.
ordeal — (figurative) A painful state in which one's freedom to do something or exercise one's rights is restricted.
fetters; shackles — Wooden shackles for encircling the ankles and wrists of a prisoner.
ordeal — (figurative) A painful state in which one's freedom to do something or exercise one's rights is restricted.