trammel

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English trameyle, from Old French tramail (“net for catching fish”), from Late Latin tremaculum, from tri- (“tri-”) +‎ macula (“spot, speck; mesh, cell”). Cognate with Italian tramaglio (“trammel”), Spanish trasmallo (“drift net”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtræməl/ Rhymes: -æməl === Noun === trammel (plural trammels) Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, such as a net or shackle. A fishing net that has large mesh at the edges and smaller mesh in the middle A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey. 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. 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. Braids or plaits of hair. A kind of shackle used for regulating the motions of a horse and making it amble. (engineering) 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. A beam compass. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === trammel (third-person singular simple present trammels, present participle (US) trammeling or (UK) trammelling, simple past and past participle (US) trammeled or (UK) trammelled) To entangle, as in a net. (transitive) To confine; to hamper; to shackle. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Lammert