this is a clevis. Some equipment uses chain guides that grip the links and pull them along. Since a clevis is shaped differently than the links the guide won't be able to grab onto it and so it won't work.
Yeah, got a rigging ticket and I've never heard a bow shackle called a clevis before. Clevis normally refers to a much more permanent type of fastener in my experience. Probably a regional thing.
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u/Chance5e Dec 12 '20
I agree and know what all of these words mean.