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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1500-1512, 1638
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Hap-schackell, -shackle, v. [Cf. e.m.E. hop-shakle n. (a 1568); also in the mod dial. Cf. Hamshekell v. and Hopschakellt ppl. adj.] tr. To hobble (a horse). — c1500-c1512 Dunb. liii. 12 (R).
He stakkerit lyk ane strummell aver, That hapschakkellit war abone the kne 1638 J. Row Sermon 3.
The Kirk of Scotland was a bonny trotting naig … but the Bishops … after they gat on her back, corss langed her and hapshackled her
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