'Fettered' definitions:

Definition of 'fettered'

From: WordNet
adjective
Bound by chains fastened around the ankles [syn: fettered, shackled]

Definition of 'Fettered'

From: GCIDE
  • Fettered \Fet"tered\, a. (Zool.) Seeming as if fettered, as the feet of certain animals which bend backward, and appear unfit for walking. [1913 Webster]