English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Trammel
(n.)
A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey.
Trammel
(n.)
A net for confining a woman's hair.
Trammel
(n.)
A kind of shackle used for regulating the motions of a
horse and making him amble.
Trammel
(n.)
Fig.: Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, as
a net or shackle.
Trammel
(n.)
An iron hook of various forms and sizes, used for handing
kettles and other vessels over the fire.
Trammel
(n.)
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.
Trammel
(n.)
A beam compass. See under Beam.
Trammel
(v. t.)
To entangle, as in a net; to catch.
Trammel
(v. t.)
To confine; to hamper; to shackle.