'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]