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Fetters, shackles or leg irons are a kind of physical restraint used on the feet or ankles. The term "fetter" shares a root with the word "foot". Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1800x1077, 586 KB) Description: fetters (leg irons) in use, photomodel Ina Source: own photography Date: 24. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1800x1077, 586 KB) Description: fetters (leg irons) in use, photomodel Ina Source: own photography Date: 24. ...
Physical restraint refers to the practice of rendering people helpless or keeping them in captivity by means such as handcuffs, shackles, straitjackets, ropes, straps or other forms of physical restraint. ...
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The bones in the foot In anatomy, the ankle, or ancle (a word common, in various forms, to Teutonic languages, probably connected in origin with the Latin angulus, or Greek αγκυλος, bent), is the part of the lower limb that is located between the foot and the leg, and is actually...
In humans, typically only prisoners or bondage fetishists will wear shackles. A shackled animal is typically either a dangerous animal or one prone to escape. A model in bondage cuffs with a leg spreader Bondage is a human sexual practice involving being tied up or otherwise restrained for pleasure. ...
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Metaphorically, a fetter may be anything that restricts or restrains in any way, hence the word "unfettered". In language, a metaphor (from the Greek: metapherin) is a rhetorical trope defined as a direct comparison between two seemingly unrelated subjects. ...
History
 Cup lock shackle with no built-in lock The earliest fetters found in archaelogical excavations date from the prehistoric age and are mostly of the puzzle lock type. Roman times already see a variety of restraint types. Some early versions of cup lock shackles can already be found. These are widely used in medieval times but their use declines when mass production makes the manufacture of locks built into restraints affordable. Image File history File links Cup_lock_shackle01_1999-august. ...
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Simple fetter types continue to be used like puzzle lock shackles as the typical slave iron or irons riveted shut for prisoners being transported to oversea prison camps.
 Standard type legirons made in Taiwan First built-in lock often were of a simple screw-type but soon developed into the "Darby" type. In Europe these continued to be used into the middle of the 20th century whereas in the US from the late 19th century onwards many new designs were invented and produced before handcuffs and leg irons of the Peerless type became the standard since several decades. Image File history File links Standard_legirons_taiwan01. ...
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A development of the last decades are high security restraints that incorporate a cylinder lock that is more difficult to pick than the lock on standard type cuffs.
Controversial use
 Heavy leg irons from China, including a metal plate to protect the keyhole from collecting dust In comparison to handcuffs the wearing of leg irons may be found less restrictive. Thus the prison authorities in several countries deem their long term use acceptable. In order to not condone this disputed practice the countries of the European Union have banned exporting leg irons into non-EU countries since several years. The countries that continue to make prisoners wear fetters long term now tend to resort to manufacture their own restraints. Image File history File links Legirons_China01. ...
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