羈き束そく

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

fetters; shackles; restraints

Literary or archaic term for physical restraints like chains or shackles, and by extension any binding restriction. Rare in modern Japanese; usually replaced by words like 束縛 or 拘束.

• 囚しゅう人じんは羈き束そくをかけられて牢ろう獄ごくに繋つながれていた。

  The prisoner was put in fetters and chained in the dungeon.

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは、精せい神しん的てきな羈き束そくについて論ろんじられている。

  In old texts, mental restraints are discussed.