Meaning of Trammel | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, such as a net or shackle.
2. A surname.
3. A fishing net that has large mesh at the edges and smaller mesh in the middle
4. A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey.
5. 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.
6. Braids or plaits of hair.
7. A kind of shackle used for regulating the motions of a horse and making it amble.
8. 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.
9. A beam compass.

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Examples

“[They] disclaim the trammels of any sordid contract.”

“The men who came here were able to throw⟳ off all the trammels of tradition and established doctrine.”

“"Also, it would be convenient for spending the night - or, if you find⟳ that the trammels of convention still defy the peculiar circumstances, well, maybe we could make⟳ it two apartments."”

“1633, The tuck carrieth a like⟳ fashion , save⟳ that it is narrower meshed , and ( therefore scarce lawful ) with a long bunt in the midst : the trammel differeth not much from the shape⟳ of this bunt, and serveth to such use⟳ as the wear⟳ and haking.”

“Her golden lockes she roundly did uptye In breaded tramels, that no looser heares Did out of order⟳ stray about her daintie eares.”

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