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Trammel

/ˈtræməl/

Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, such as a net or shackle.

📖 Definitions of "Trammel"

noun
  1. 1

    Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, such as a net or shackle.

  2. 2

    A fishing net that has large mesh at the edges and smaller mesh in the middle

  3. 3

    A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey.

  4. 4

    A set of rings or other hanging devices, attached to a transverse bar suspended over a fire, used to hang cooking pots etc.

verb
  1. 1

    To entangle, as in a net.

  2. 2

    To confine; to hamper; to shackle.

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