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Meaning of 'trammel' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Trammel [ n.]
- 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.
- A beam compass. See under Beam.
2 . Trammel [ v. t.]
- To entangle, as in a net; to catch.
- To confine; to hamper; to shackle.

Meaning of 'trammel' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . trammel [ v]
Meaning (1):
- place limits on (extent or amount or access)
Example in sentence:
  • limit the time you can spend with your friends;
  • restrict the use of this parking lot
Meaning (2):
- catch in or as if in a trap
Example in sentence:
  • The men trap foxes

Nearby Words:

trabea trabeae trabeated trabeation trabecula trabeculae trabecular trabeculate trabu trace

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