noun
- shackles or chains, especially those fastened around the legs or ankles of a prisoner
Usage: usually plural; archaic or literary
Examples
- The prisoner was bound in heavy gyves and locked in the dungeon.
- He struggled against the gyves that held him captive.
- The slave broke free from his gyves after years of bondage.
- Medieval dungeons were equipped with iron gyves to restrain criminals.
- She felt as though invisible gyves constrained her choices.