'Trammel' definitions:
Definition of 'trammel'
(from WordNet)
noun
A fishing net with three layers; the outer two are coarse mesh and the loose inner layer is fine mesh [syn: trammel net, trammel]
noun
An adjustable pothook set in a fireplace
noun
A restraint that is used to teach a horse to amble
noun
A restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) [syn: shackle, bond, hamper, trammel]
verb
verb
Definition of 'Trammel'
From: GCIDE
- Trammel \Tram"mel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trammeledor Trammelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Trammeling, or Trammelling.]
- 1. To entangle, as in a net; to catch. [R.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To confine; to hamper; to shackle. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Trammel'
From: GCIDE
- Trammel \Tram"mel\, n. [F. tramail, tr['e]mail, a net, LL. tremaculum, tremacle, a kind of net for taking fish; L. tres three + macula a mesh. See Three, and Mail armor.]
- 1. A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey. --Carew. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A net for confining a woman's hair. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A kind of shackle used for regulating the motions of a horse and making him amble. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Fig.: Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, as a net or shackle. [1913 Webster]
- [They] disdain the trammels of any sordid contract. --Jeffrey. [1913 Webster]
- 5. An iron hook of various forms and sizes, used for handing kettles and other vessels over the fire. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Mech.) (a) 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. (b) A beam compass. See under Beam. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'trammel'
From: GCIDE
- Ellipsograph \El*lip"so*graph\, n. [Ellipse + graph: cf. F. ellipsographe.] An instrument for describing ellipses; -- called also trammel. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'trammel'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- anchor,
- arrest,
- bar,
- bearing rein,
- bilbo,
- bind,
- bit,
- block,
- bond,
- bonds,
- brake,
- bridle,
- burden,
- camisole,
- chain,
- chains,
- check,
- checkrein,
- checks,
- chock,
- circumscribe,
- clog,
- collar,
- confine,
- constipate,
- constrain,
- constraints,
- countercheck,
- cramp,
- cripple,
- cuffs,
- cumber,
- curb,
- curb bit,
- curbs,
- damper,
- deter,
- deterrents,
- doorstop,
- drag,
- drag sail,
- drift anchor,
- drift sail,
- drogue,
- embarrass,
- embrangle,
- enchain,
- encumber,
- enmesh,
- ensnarl,
- entangle,
- entoil,
- entrammel,
- entrap,
- entwine,
- fasten,
- fetter,
- gag,
- gyve,
- gyves,
- halter,
- hamper,
- hamstring,
- handcuff,
- handcuffs,
- handicap,
- handicaps,
- hinder,
- hindrances,
- hobble,
- hobbles,
- hog-tie,
- holdback,
- hopple,
- hopples,
- impede,
- involve,
- irons,
- lame,
- lash,
- leading strings,
- leash,
- lime,
- limit,
- lumber,
- make fast,
- manacle,
- martingale,
- moor,
- muzzle,
- net,
- obstacles,
- obstruct,
- Oregon boat,
- peg down,
- pelham,
- picket,
- pillory,
- pin down,
- pinion,
- press down,
- put in irons,
- reins,
- remora,
- restrain,
- restraint,
- restraints,
- rope,
- saddle with,
- scotch,
- sea anchor,
- secure,
- shackle,
- shackles,
- snaffle,
- snags,
- snarl,
- spoke,
- stagnate,
- stay,
- stifle,
- stocks,
- stop,
- straightjacket,
- strait-waistcoat,
- straitjacket,
- stranglehold,
- strap,
- tangle,
- tether,
- tie,
- tie down,
- tie up,
- toil,
- trammels,
- weigh down,
- yoke