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Meaning of 'fetter' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Fetter [ n.]
- 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.
- Anything that confines or restrains; a restraint.
2 . Fetter [ p. pr. & vb. n.]
- To put fetters upon; to shackle or confine the feet of with a chain; to bind.
- To restrain from motion; to impose restraints on; to confine; to enchain; as, fettered by obligations.

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