trammel
Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, such as a net or shackleWhatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, such as a net or shackle.
Meaning
8 sensesWhatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, such as a net or shackle.
Behinderung, Hinderung, Fessel
поме́хаpoméxa
A fishing net that has large mesh at the edges and smaller mesh in the middle.
a fishing net with three layers; the outer two are coarse mesh and the loose inner layer is fine mesh
A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey.
A vertical bar with several notches or chain of rings suspended over a fire, used to hang cooking pots by a hook which has an easily adjustable height.
Kesselhaken
крючо́кkrjučók
Braids or plaits of hair.
A kind of shackle used for regulating the motions of a horse and making it amble.
a restraint that is used to teach a horse to amble
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.
A beam compass.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English trameyle, from Old French tramail (“net for catching fish”), from LateFrom Middle English trameyle, from Old French tramail (“net for catching fish”), from Late Latin tremaculum, from tri- (“tri-”) + macula (“spot, speck; mesh, cell”). Cognate with Italian tramaglio (“trammel”), Spanish trasmallo (“drift net”).
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Forms
plural: trammelsSynonyms
4 synonyms- a fishing net with three layers; the outer two are coarse mesh and the loose inner layer is fine mesh:trammel net
- a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner):shacklebondhamper