All trammel synonyms
tramΒ·mel
T t verb trammel
- fetter β a chain or shackle placed on the feet.
- lead on β to go before or with to show the way; conduct or escort: to lead a group on a cross-country hike.
- hobble β to walk lamely; limp.
- hook up β a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
- diking β an embankment for controlling or holding back the waters of the sea or a river: They built a temporary dike of sandbags to keep the river from flooding the town.
- gimp β a limp.
- get involved β play a part
- intertangle β (transitive) To entangle; to intertwine.
- interning β to restrict to or confine within prescribed limits, as prisoners of war, enemy aliens, or combat troops who take refuge in a neutral country.
- girdled β a lightweight undergarment, worn especially by women, often partly or entirely of elastic or boned, for supporting and giving a slimmer appearance to the abdomen, hips, and buttocks.
- immobilize β to make immobile or immovable; fix in place.
- clog β When something clogs a hole or place, it blocks it so that nothing can pass through.
- intermeddling β Present participle of intermeddle.
- dummy up β a representation or copy of something, as for displaying to indicate appearance: a display of lipstick dummies made of colored plastic.
- clamp down β To clamp down on people or activities means to take strong official action to stop or control them.
- closeted β If you are closeted with someone, you are talking privately to them.
- gimped β a limp.
- dry up β free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet: a dry towel; dry air.
- closeting β Present participle of closet.
- cinching β a strong girth used on stock saddles, having a ring at each end to which a strap running from the saddle is secured.
- burke β Edmund. 1729β97, British Whig statesman, conservative political theorist, and orator, born in Ireland: defended parliamentary government and campaigned for a more liberal treatment of the American colonies; denounced the French Revolution
- intermitted β to discontinue temporarily; suspend.
- hamper β to hold back; hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progress of the work.
- caulk β If you caulk something such as a boat, you fill small cracks in its surface in order to prevent it from leaking.
- doublecross β To betray someone by leading them into trap after having gained their trust and led them to believe that they were actually being aided.
- constipate β to cause constipation in
- clamp down on β a device, usually of some rigid material, for strengthening or supporting objects or fastening them together.
- obstruct β to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
- gimping β a limp.
- imprison β to confine in or as if in a prison.
- gluing β a hard, impure, protein gelatin, obtained by boiling skins, hoofs, and other animal substances in water, that when melted or diluted is a strong adhesive.
- hogtie β to tie (an animal) with all four feet together.
- corking β excellent
- caulking β to fill or close seams or crevices of (a tank, window, etc.) in order to make watertight, airtight, etc.
- idled β not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing: idle workers.
- weighted β having additional weight.
- lock up β a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- constipating β to cause constipation in; make costive.
- burked β to murder, as by suffocation, so as to leave no or few marks of violence.
- mousetrap β a trap for mice, especially one consisting of a rectangular wooden base on which a metal spring is mounted.
- girdling β a lightweight undergarment, worn especially by women, often partly or entirely of elastic or boned, for supporting and giving a slimmer appearance to the abdomen, hips, and buttocks.
- lay for β to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- crack down β If people in authority crack down on a group of people, they become stricter in making the group obey rules or laws.
noun trammel
- clinker β the ash and partially fused residues from a coal-fired furnace or fire
- hindrance β an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
- clinkers β Plural form of clinker.
- impedance β Electricity. the total opposition to alternating current by an electric circuit, equal to the square root of the sum of the squares of the resistance and reactance of the circuit and usually expressed in ohms. Symbol: Z.
- obstruction β something that obstructs, blocks, or closes up with an obstacle or obstacles; obstacle or hindrance: obstructions to navigation.
- chain β A chain consists of metal rings connected together in a line.
- impediment β obstruction; hindrance; obstacle.