Meaning of gyve | Babel Free

Definitions

A shackle or fetter, especially for the leg.

literary

Equivalents

Examples

“[…] I would have thee gone: And yet no further than a wanton’s bird; Who lets it hop a little from her hand, Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves, And with a silk thread plucks it back again, So loving-jealous of his liberty.”

“With head and heart and hand I’ll strive To break the rod, and rend the gyve,— The spoiler of his prey deprive,—”

“Our gyves were removed and our possessions returned to us, except for my Banker’s Special.”

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