i Register
In some senses, hamshackle is marked as figuratively. Watch for register when choosing this word.
verb
To tie (an animal) by a rope binding the head to one of the forelegs.
to hamshackle a horse or cow
To bind or restrain; to impose restrictions upon.
Not only are our sources, indicating the pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton, limited, but we are also hamshackled by certain time constraints.