trammel

[ tram-uhl ]

/ ˈtræm əl /

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noun

Usually trammels. a hindrance or impediment to free action; restraint: the trammels of custom.

an instrument for drawing ellipses.

Also called tram. a device used to align or adjust parts of a machine.

trammel net.

a fowling net.

a contrivance hung in a fireplace to support pots or kettles over the fire.

a fetter or shackle, especially one used in training a horse to amble.

verb (used with object), tram·meled, tram·mel·ing or (especially British) tram·melled, tram·mel·ling.

to involve or hold in trammels; restrain.

to catch or entangle in or as in a net.

Origin of trammel

1325–75; Middle English tramayle < Middle French tramail, variant of tremail three-mesh net < Late Latin trēmaculum, equivalent to Latin trē(s) three + macula mesh

SYNONYMS FOR trammel

1 drag, hobble, curb, inhibition.

8 hinder, impede, obstruct, encumber.

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OTHER WORDS FROM trammel

tram·mel·er; especially British, tram·mel·ler, noun un·tram·meled, adjective un·tram·melled, adjective

Words nearby trammel

tram, tram flap, trama, tramadol, tramline, trammel, trammel net, trammie, tramontana, tramontane, tramp

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trammel

/ (ˈtræməl) /

noun

(often plural) a hindrance to free action or movement

Also called: trammel net a fishing net in three sections, the two outer nets having a large mesh and the middle one a fine mesh

rare a fowling net

US a fetter or shackle, esp one used in teaching a horse to amble

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

(sometimes plural) another name for beam compass

Also called: tram a gauge for setting up machines correctly

a device set in a fireplace to support cooking pots

verb -els, -elling or -elled or US -els, -eling or -eled (tr)

to hinder or restrain

to catch or ensnare

to produce an accurate setting of (a machine adjustment), as with a trammel

Derived forms of trammel

trammeller or US trammeler, noun

Word Origin for trammel

C14: from Old French tramail three-mesh net, from Late Latin trēmaculum, from Latin trēs three + macula hole, mesh in a net

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trammel

noun

verb (used with object), tram·meled, tram·mel·ing or (especially British) tram·melled, tram·mel·ling.

Origin of trammel

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British Dictionary definitions for untrammeled

noun

verb -els, -elling or -elled or US -els, -eling or -eled (tr)

Derived forms of trammel

Word Origin for trammel

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trammel

noun

verb (used with object), tram·meled, tram·mel·ing or (especially British) tram·melled, tram·mel·ling.

Origin of trammel

SYNONYMS FOR trammel

OTHER WORDS FROM trammel

Words nearby trammel

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noun

verb -els, -elling or -elled or US -els, -eling or -eled (tr)

Derived forms of trammel

Word Origin for trammel

British Dictionary definitions for untrammeled