'methegammah' definitions:

Definition of 'methegammah'

From: Easton
  • Metheg-ammah bridle of the mother, a figurative name for a chief city, as in 2 Sam. 8:1, "David took Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the Philistines" (R.V., "took the bridle of the mother-city"); i.e., subdued their capital or strongest city, viz., Gath (1 Chr. 18:1).

Definition of 'methegammah'

From: Hitchcock
    Metheg-ammah, bridle of bondage