Definition of "gyve"
gyve
/d͡ʒaɪv/
noun
plural gyves
(literary) A shackle or fetter, especially for the leg.
Quotations
[…] I would have thee gone:And yet no further than a wanton’s bird;Who lets it hop a little from her hand,Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves,And with a silk thread plucks it back again,So loving-jealous of his liberty.
c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act II, scene ii]
verb
third-person singular simple present gyves, present participle gyving, simple past and past participle gyved