Trammel
Definition of Trammel
Tram´mel | n. | 1. | A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey. | | 2. | A net for confining a woman's hair. | | 3. | A kind of shackle used for regulating the motions of a horse and making him amble. | | 4. | Fig.: Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, as a net or shackle. | | 5. | An iron hook of various forms and sizes, used for handing kettles and other vessels over the fire. | | 6. | (Mech.) 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. | | v. t. | 1. | To entangle, as in a net; to catch. | | 2. | To confine; to hamper; to shackle. |
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