fetters, bondage
На его руках были тяжёлые оковы.
Heavy shackles were on his hands.
Он разбил оковы и вышел на свободу.
He broke his chains and gained his freedom.
Кузнец разбил старые оковы.
The blacksmith smashed the old shackles.
Пленник пытался снять оковы с ног.
The prisoner tried to remove the shackles from his legs.
Оковы рабства держали народ веками.
The chains of slavery held the people captive for centuries.
кова́ть
forge
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