gyve

1. (literary) A shackle or fetter, especially for the leg.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."literary