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Word: Trammel
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English (in trammel (sense 2 of the noun)): from Old French tramail, from a medieval Latin variant of trimaculum, perhaps from Latin tri- ‘three’ + macula ‘mesh’
ˈtraml
restrictions or impediments to freedom of action
Short Definition:restrictions or impediments to freedom of action
Examples:- we will forge our own future, free from the trammels of materialism
a three-layered dragnet, designed so that a fish entering through one of the large-meshed outer sections will push part of the finer-meshed central section through the large meshes on the further side, forming a pocket in which the fish is trapped.
Short Definition:three-layered dragnet
an instrument consisting of a board with two grooves intersecting at right angles, in which the two ends of a beam compass can slide to draw an ellipse.
Short Definition:instrument consisting of board with two grooves intersecting at right angles
a hook in a fireplace for a kettle.
Short Definition:hook in fireplace for kettle
Word: Trammel
Speech Type: Verb
ˈtraml
deprive of freedom of action
Short Definition:deprive of freedom of action
Examples:- we have no wish to be trammelled by convention
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