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trammel


  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trammel  \Tram"mel\,  n.  [F.  tramail,  tr['e]mail,  a  net,  LL 
  tremaculum  tremacle,  a  kind  of  net  for  taking  fish;  L.  tres 
  three  +  macula  a  mesh.  See  {Three},  and  {Mail}  armor.] 
  1.  A  kind  of  net  for  catching  birds,  fishes,  or  other  prey. 
  --Carew. 
 
  2.  A  net  for  confining  a  woman's  hair.  --Spenser. 
 
  3.  A  kind  of  shackle  used  for  regulating  the  motions  of  a 
  horse  and  making  him  amble. 
 
  4.  Fig.:  Whatever  impedes  activity,  progress,  or  freedom,  as 
  a  net  or  shackle. 
 
  [They]  disdain  the  trammels  of  any  sordid  contract. 
  --Jeffrey. 
 
  5.  An  iron  hook  of  various  forms  and  sizes,  used  for  handing 
  kettles  and  other  vessels  over  the  fire. 
 
  6.  (Mech.) 
  a  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. 
  b  A  beam  compass.  See  under  {Beam}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trammel  \Tram"mel\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Trammeled}or 
  {Trammelled};  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Trammeling},  or 
  {Trammelling}.] 
  1.  To  entangle,  as  in  a  net;  to  catch.  [R.]  --Shak. 
 
  2.  To  confine;  to  hamper;  to  shackle. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ellipsograph  \El*lip"so*graph\,  n.  [Ellipse  +  graph:  cf  F. 
  ellipsographe.] 
  An  instrument  for  describing  ellipses;  --  called  also 
  {trammel}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  trammel 
  n  :  anything  that  restrains  (especially  something  used  to  tie 
  down  or  restrain  a  prisoner)  [syn:  {shackle},  {bond},  {hamper}, 
  {trammels}] 
  v  1:  catch  in  or  as  if  in  a  trap;  "The  men  trap  foxes"  [syn:  {trap}, 
  {entrap},  {snare},  {ensnare}] 
  2:  place  limits  on  "restrict  the  use  of  this  parking  lot" 
  [syn:  {restrict},  {restrain},  {limit},  {bound},  {confine}, 
  {throttle}] 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Trammel,  VA 
  Zip  code(s):  24289 




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