TRAMMEL
\tɹˈamə͡l], \tɹˈaməl], \t_ɹ_ˈa_m_əl]\
Definitions of TRAMMEL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
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catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes"
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a restraint that is used to teach a horse to amble
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a fishing net with three layers; the outer two are coarse mesh and the loose inner layer is fine mesh
By Princeton University
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a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
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catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes"
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a restraint that is used to teach a horse to amble
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a fishing net with three layers; the outer two are coarse mesh and the loose inner layer is fine mesh
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey.
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A net for confining a woman's hair.
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A kind of shackle used for regulating the motions of a horse and making him amble.
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Fig.: Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, as a net or shackle.
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An iron hook of various forms and sizes, used for handing kettles and other vessels over the fire.
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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.
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To entangle, as in a net; to catch.
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To confine; to hamper; to shackle.
By Oddity Software
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A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey.
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A net for confining a woman's hair.
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A kind of shackle used for regulating the motions of a horse and making him amble.
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Fig.: Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, as a net or shackle.
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An iron hook of various forms and sizes, used for handing kettles and other vessels over the fire.
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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.
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To entangle, as in a net; to catch.
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To confine; to hamper; to shackle.
By Noah Webster.
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A net used for catching birds, fish, etc.; anything that hinders progress, action, or freedom, as a net or shackle.
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To hamper or hinder; to shackle or bind.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A net used in fowling and fishing: shackles for making a horse amble: anything that confines.
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To shackle: to confine:-pr.p. trammelling; pa.t. and pa.p. trammelled.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [French, Latin] A kind of long net for catching birds or fishes;-a kind of shackles for regulating the motions of a horse ;-whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom ;-an iron hook used for hanging kettles and other vessels over the fire;- an instrument for drawing ellipses ; also, elliptic or beam-compasses.
