A restraint or fetter, especially for confining animals; also a variant of 'chuckle' in dialect.
From 'check' (to restrain) with diminutive suffix '-le.' An archaic term used in Middle English for hobbles or restraints for livestock.
The word 'checkle' shows how English once had specific vocabulary for every farming tool—we've lost hundreds of these precise words as agricultural life changed completely.
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