Trammel
121hobble — v 1. limp, hitch, walk lamely; shuffle, shamble, drag one s feet; halt, pause, hesitate; toddle, dodder, falter, move unsteadily; totter, stagger, weave, reel. 2. hopple, trammel, fetter, shackle, gyve; chain, tether, hitch, picket, stake out;… …
122shackle — n 1. fetter, chain, manacle, handcuff, cuff, gyve, bilboes, trammel; hobble, hamper, restraint. 2. shackles a. fetters, chains, irons, bonds, pinions, gyves, trammels; manacles, handcuffs, cuffs, Sl. bracelets, Brit. Sl. darbies.b. impediment,… …
123tram — I. /træm / (say tram) noun 1. a passenger vehicle running on a tramway, having flanged wheels and, though originally powered by steam or cable, now usually powered by electricity taken by a current collector from an overhead conductor wire. 2. →… …
124chain — [n1] succession, series alternation, catena, concatenation, conglomerate, consecution, continuity, group, order, progression, row, sequence, set, string, syndicate, train, trust; concepts 432,727,769 chain [n2] connected metal links; jewelry made …
125shackle — [n] restraint bracelet, chain, cuff, electronic ankle bracelet, fetter, handcuff, irons, leg iron, manacle, rope, trammel; concepts 130,191,500 shackle [v] restrain bind, chain, confine, cuff, fetter, handcuff, hog tie*, hold, hold captive,… …
126tram — tram1 [tram] n. [Fr trame < L trama, the woof] a double, twisted silk thread used as the weft in fine silks and velvets tram2 [tram] n. [E dial., shaft, wooden frame for carrying, rail, coal wagon, prob. < LowG traam, a beam] 1. an open… …
127fishing net — noun a net that will enclose fish when it is pulled in (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑fishnet • Hypernyms: ↑net • Hyponyms: ↑drift net, ↑gill net, ↑landing net, ↑ …
128en|tram|mel — «ehn TRAM uhl», transitive verb, meled, mel|ing or (especially British) melled, mel|ling. to trammel; hamper; restrain: »The assumption…that the appropriation of the means of production by the proletariat will release a new flow of wealth now… …
