slave chain

noun

A long chain to which slaves were fastened, especially when being transported.

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Meanings

nounslave chain (plural slave chains)

plural slave chains

  1. A long chain to which slaves were fastened, especially when being transported.

    Then Tarzan turned his attention to the fifty women and youths chained neck to neck on the long slave chain.

    1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 136
  2. A series of coupled slave units in a master-slave system.
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APA

slave chain. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slave%20chain

MLA

“slave chain.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slave%20chain. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slave chain,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slave%20chain.

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