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ALL meanings of trammel

tram·mel
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  • noun trammel Usually, trammels. a hindrance or impediment to free action; restraint: the trammels of custom. 1
  • noun trammel an instrument for drawing ellipses. 1
  • noun trammel Also called tram. a device used to align or adjust parts of a machine. 1
  • noun trammel trammel net. 1
  • noun trammel a fowling net. 1
  • noun trammel a contrivance hung in a fireplace to support pots or kettles over the fire. 1
  • noun trammel a fetter or shackle, especially one used in training a horse to amble. 1
  • verb with object trammel to involve or hold in trammels; restrain. 1
  • verb with object trammel to catch or entangle in or as in a net. 1
  • noun trammel restraint, fetter 1
  • noun,plural trammel sth that restrains 1
  • noun trammel a hindrance to free action or movement 0
  • noun trammel a fishing net in three sections, the two outer nets having a large mesh and the middle one a fine mesh 0
  • noun trammel a fowling net 0
  • noun trammel a fetter or shackle, esp one used in teaching a horse to amble 0
  • noun trammel 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 0
  • noun trammel a gauge for setting up machines correctly 0
  • noun trammel a device set in a fireplace to support cooking pots 0
  • verb trammel to hinder or restrain 0
  • verb trammel to catch or ensnare 0
  • verb trammel to produce an accurate setting of (a machine adjustment), as with a trammel 0
  • noun trammel a fishing net consisting of two outer layers of coarse mesh and a loosely hung middle layer of fine mesh 0
  • noun trammel a kind of shackle for a horse, esp. one to teach ambling 0
  • noun trammel something that confines, restrains, or shackles 0
  • noun trammel a device with links or openings at different heights for hanging a pothook in a fireplace 0
  • noun trammel an instrument for drawing ellipses 0
  • noun trammel any of several devices for adjusting or aligning parts of a machine 0
  • verb transitive trammel to entangle in or as in a trammel 0
  • verb transitive trammel to confine, restrain, or shackle 0
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