Trammel vs. Fetter — What's the Difference?

A shackle used to teach a horse to amble.

A chain or manacle used to restrain a prisoner, typically placed around the ankles

Something that restricts activity, expression, or progress; a restraint.

Restrain with chains or manacles, typically around the ankles

A vertically set fishing net of three layers, consisting of a finely meshed net between two nets of coarse mesh.

A device, usually one of a pair of rings connected to a chain, that is attached to the ankles or feet to restrict movement.

An instrument for drawing ellipses.

Often fetters Something that serves to restrict; a restraint

An instrument for gauging and adjusting parts of a machine; a tram.

To put fetters on; shackle.

An arrangement of links and a hook in a fireplace for raising and lowering a kettle.

To restrict or restrain

To enmesh in a fishing net.

A chain or similar object used to bind a person or animal – often by its legs (usually in plural).

To hinder the activity or free movement of.

(figurative) Anything that restricts or restrains.

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

(transitive) To shackle or bind up with fetters.

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

(transitive) To restrain or impede; to hamper.

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

A chain or shackle for the feet; a chain by which an animal is confined by the foot, either made fast or disabled from free and rapid motion; a bond; a shackle.

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

Anything that confines or restrains; a restraint.

A net for confining a woman's hair.

To put fetters upon; to shackle or confine the feet of with a chain; to bind.

A kind of shackle used for regulating the motions of a horse and making it amble.

To restrain from motion; to impose restraints on; to confine; to enchain; as, fettered by obligations.

(engineering) An instrument for drawing ellipses, one part of which consists of a cross with two grooves at right angles to each other, the other being a beam carrying two pins (which slide in those grooves), and also the describing pencil.

A shackle for the ankles or feet

A beam compass.

Restrain with fetters

To entangle, as in a net.

(transitive) To confine; to hamper; to shackle.

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

A net for confining a woman's hair.

A kind of shackle used for regulating the motions of a horse and making him amble.

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

An iron hook of various forms and sizes, used for handing kettles and other vessels over the fire.

An instrument for drawing ellipses, one part of which consists of a cross with two grooves at right angles to each other, the other being a beam carrying two pins (which slide in those grooves), and also the describing pencil.

To entangle, as in a net; to catch.

To confine; to hamper; to shackle.

A fishing net with three layers; the outer two are coarse mesh and the loose inner layer is fine mesh

An adjustable pothook set in a fireplace

A restraint that is used to teach a horse to amble

A restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)

Catch in or as if in a trap;

Place limits on (extent or access);