1. a shackle or fetter, especially for the leg; a chain or restraint
Usage: often used in plural; archaic or literary

1. to put shackles or fetters on; to restrain or confine
Usage: archaic or literary

Examples

• The prisoner was bound in heavy gyves.
• Iron gyves clanked as the captive walked.
• They sought to gyve the rebels with laws and restrictions.
• The gyves of poverty held the family in place.
• He felt gyved by his responsibilities.
• Ancient texts describe criminals locked in gyves.
• The king ordered his enemies to be gyved and imprisoned.