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trammel

[ tram-uhl ]

noun

  1. Usually trammels. a hindrance or impediment to free action; restraint:

    the trammels of custom.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  2. an instrument for drawing ellipses.
  3. Also called tram. a device used to align or adjust parts of a machine.
  4. a fowling net.
  5. a contrivance hung in a fireplace to support pots or kettles over the fire.
  6. a fetter or shackle, especially one used in training a horse to amble.


verb (used with object)

trammeled, trammeling or (especially British) trammelled, trammelling.
  1. to involve or hold in trammels; restrain.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  2. to catch or entangle in or as in a net.

trammel

/ ˈٰæə /

noun

  1. often plural a hindrance to free action or movement
  2. Also calledtrammel net a fishing net in three sections, the two outer nets having a large mesh and the middle one a fine mesh
  3. rare.
    a fowling net
  4. a fetter or shackle, esp one used in teaching a horse to amble
  5. a device for drawing ellipses consisting of a flat sheet of metal, plastic, or wood having a cruciform slot in which run two pegs attached to a beam. The free end of the beam describes an ellipse
  6. sometimes plural another name for beam compass
  7. Also calledtram a gauge for setting up machines correctly
  8. a device set in a fireplace to support cooking pots
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to hinder or restrain
  2. to catch or ensnare
  3. to produce an accurate setting of (a machine adjustment), as with a trammel
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈٰ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ٰ·· especially British, ٰ·· noun
  • ܲ·ٰ· especially British, ܲ·ٰ· adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of trammel1

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English tramayle, from Middle French tramail, variant of tremail “three-mesh net,” from Late Latin ٰŧܱܳ, equivalent to Latin ٰŧ() “three” + macula “m”; three
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of trammel1

C14: from Old French tramail three-mesh net, from Late Latin ٰŧܱܳ , from Latin ٰŧ three + macula hole, mesh in a net
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When he brings his cattle to eat the alfalfa, they will spread their waste across the fields and trammel old vegetation into the earth.

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The Supreme Court has not confronted questions about whether the law’s wording or application trammels First Amendment rights.

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Critics worry that some countries are behaving opportunistically, using the coronavirus outbreak to justify such legislation rather than looking for other ways to address misinformation without trammeling free speech.

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That is just one possibility, but my taste-buds are tickled by the wider, less trammelled paths this story could take.

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President Trump, for one, has stayed largely silent on the latest protests, even while grappling with Mr. Xi on trade, evidently seeking not to trammel the chance of a deal.

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