jan 1, 1581 - shackle bolt
Description:
The bolt which passes through the eyes of a shackle, with which it is often listed in inventories. 1530 <i>a wayne and yoke with bolte and shakyll</i>, Clint (SS104/26). It occurs less commonly as a compound term: 1549 <i>a yocke, a wane heade shakill bolte</i>, South Milford (Th19/221); 1581 <i>one coulter & a socke & one shackell boulte,</i> South Cave (Kaner116).
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