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trammel (verb, noun) -
verb
1: to catch or hold in or as if in a net : enmesh
2: to prevent or impede the free play of : confine
noun
1: something impeding activity, progress, or freedom : restraint —usually used in plural
2: a net for catching birds or fish, especially : one having three layers with the middle one finer-meshed and slack so that fish passing through carry some of the center net through the coarser opposite net and are trapped
3: an adjustable pothook for a fireplace crane
4: a shackle used for making a horse amble
5a: an instrument for drawing ellipses
b: a compass for drawing large circles that consists of a beam with two sliding parts —usually used in plural
c: any of various gauges used for aligning or adjusting machine parts
Source : Merriam-Webster
Etymology : A trammel net traditionally has three layers, with the middle one finer-meshed and slack so that fish passing through the first net carry some of the center net through the coarser third net and are trapped. Appropriately, trammel traces back through the Middle English tramayle and the Old French tramail to the Late Latin tremaculum, which comes from Latin tres, meaning "three," and macula, meaning "mesh." Today, the plural trammels is synonymous with restraints, and trammel is also used as a verb meaning "to confine" or "to enmesh." You may also run across the adjective untrammeled, meaning "not confined or limited."
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