CHAIN
NOUNS
..888 — RACKAN a chain, a fetter → obs.
..950 — RAKENTEIE a chain → obs.
1200 — BAND a chain, a shackle, a fetter; anything with which one’s body or limbs are bound, in restraint of personal liberty → arch.
1425 — CAROL a chain → obs.
1530 — BALDRIC a chain for the neck; a necklace → obs.
1560 — MARTIN CHAIN a sham gold chain → obs.
1602 — GABLES chains, bonds
1726 — RACKLE a chain → Sc.
.M19 — STRING OF SAUSAGES a chain → sl.
1857 — SLAG a watch-chain or other decorative chain → criminals’ sl.
1866 — RACKLE the rattling, jingling noise made by a chain → Sc.
1879 — RED-TACKLE a gold chain → sl.
1905 — MERLE the link of a chain → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
VERBS
1430 — SHAKE UP to rattle a chain → obs.
1866 — RACKLE to clank or rattle like a chain → Sc.
1866 — RACKLE to fasten up with a chain → Sc.