单词 | fetter |
释义 | fettern. 1. a. A chain or shackle for the feet of a human being or animal; hence gen. a bond, shackle. (rare in singular.) ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > binding or fettering > [noun] > bond(s) or fetter(s) or shackle(s) > for the feet or legs copsa700 fetterc800 gyvec1275 bolt1483 boysc1485 hose-ring?1515 hopshacklea1568 gin?1587 leg ring1606 hamper1613 shacklock1613 wife1616 pedicle1628 leg iron1779 wife1811 leg lock1815 ankle ring1823 anklet1835 hopple1888 Oregon boot1892 c800 Corpus Gl. Pedo, vel paturum, feotor. c950 Lindisf. Gosp. Mark v. 4 Forðon oftust mið feotrum..gebunden wæs. c1000 Ags. Ps. lxxviii. 11 On feterum fæste. c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 107/20 Ake euere he hadde ane peire feteres. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 1313 Of al hure chaynes he haþ him raft & ek hure vetres oundo. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 1255 Festned fettres to her fete under fole wombes. c1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 2741 A pare of fetures on him fest. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xvi. 370 His feters that were on his fete. a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) ccxliv. 2 Clynkinge of fetters suche musycke wolde crave. 1652 E. Ashmole Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum 216 Ryngyng of Feteris maketh no mere sown. 1794 E. Burke Speech against W. Hastings They..loaded their limbs with fetters. 1876 H. N. Humphreys Coin Coll. Man. ix. 107 Antony presented Artavasdes..to Cleopatra in golden fetters. b. plural = Captivity. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > [noun] > captivity caitiftya1300 caitifdom1382 captivityc1400 captivance1590 captivation1610 chain1667 fetter1704 captivement1714 1704 J. Addison Campaign 17 Those who 'scape the Fetters and the Sword. a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) I. 210 I..thought that freedom was as sweet as fetters. 2. transferred and figurative. Anything that confines, impedes, or restrains; a check, restraint. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > restriction of free action > [noun] > that which fetterOE shackle?c1225 cagec1300 chainc1374 to cut a large thong of another man's leatherc1380 corda1382 gablea1555 obligation1582 hamper1613 tethera1628 girdlea1630 confiner1654 trammela1657 cramp1719 swathe1864 tie1868 lockstep1963 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [noun] > entangling or confining > that which fetterOE bandc1175 bonda1325 mesh1541 tangling1575 gyve1587 entanglement1644 impesterment1652 trammela1657 stranglehold1899 tanglefoot1908 chokehold1911 society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [noun] > of free action > that which fetterOE shackle?c1225 cagec1300 chainc1374 to cut a large thong of another man's leatherc1380 corda1382 gablea1555 obligation1582 manacle1587 hamper1613 tethera1628 girdlea1630 confiner1654 trammela1657 cramp1719 swathe1864 tie1868 OE Wanderer 21 Forðon domgeorne dreorigne oft in hyra breostcofan bindað fæste; swa ic modsefan minne sceolde, oftearmcearig, eðle bidæled, freomægum feor feterum sælan. 1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus i. f. 16v Deliuering it..To the beirar agane..But falt or fetter. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. iii. 25 We will fetters put about this feare. View more context for this quotation 1676 J. Dryden Aureng-Zebe Prol. Passion's too fierce to be in Fetters bound. 1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 164 The sacred book..Bound in the fetters of an unknown tongue. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) IV. 530 The Court of Chancery will not loose the fetters he has put upon himself. 1851 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1866) 1st Ser. xviii. 305 He who puts fetters on the mind. 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) IV. xvii. 66 Fortresses, which became in truth the fetters of England. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). fetterv.1 1. a. transitive. To bind with or as with fetters; to chain, fasten, shackle. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > binding or fettering > bind, fetter, or shackle [verb (transitive)] > by the feet or legs gyvec1290 fetterc1300 hopshackle?a1513 to lay (also set, clap, etc.) (a person) by the heels?1515 to lay fast by the feet1560 garter1604 enfetter1611 heela1638 c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 2758 He..dide him binde and fetere wel With gode feteres al of stel. c1386 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 371 Elles had I dweld..I-fetered in his prisoun for evere moo. c1420 Chron. Vilod. 942 He hadde y ffedryde to gedur his leygus two. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xvi. 369 He made to be broughte a grete payre of yrens, and fetred hym wyth theym. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. The king..in presoun strang, Fetrit richt fast. 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 54 Is Majestas Imperii growne so kickish, that it cannot stand quiet..unlesse it be fettered? 1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest II. xii. 214 See that he is strongly fettered. 1835 W. Irving Tour on Prairies 276 I now fettered my horse to prevent his straying. 1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece IV. ii.xxxi. 226 The actual chains in which the prisoners had been fettered. b. transferred and figurative. To impose restraint upon; to confine, impede, restrain. Also with down. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > restriction of free action > restrict in free action [verb (transitive)] bindc1200 hamper?a1366 chain1377 coarctc1400 prison?a1425 tether?a1505 fetter1526 imprisona1533 strait1533 swaddle1539 measure1560 shacklea1568 to tie up1570 manacle1577 straitena1586 hopple1586 immew16.. scant1600 cabina1616 criba1616 trammela1616 copse1617 cramp1625 cloister1627 incarcerate1640 hidebind1642 strait-lace1662 perstringe1679 hough-band1688 cabin1780 pin1795 strait jacket1814 peg1832 befetter1837 to tie the hands of1866 corset1935 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > hinder in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > by entangling or binding shrenchc897 beswapec980 taglea1340 tanglea1340 gyve1377 encumber138. engleimc1400 wrapc1412 involvec1440 fetter1526 mesh1532 crawl1548 felter1567 to tie up1570 in trick1572 ensnarl1593 entrammel1598 engage1603 casta1605 imbrier1605 weave1620 immaze1631 trammel1727 enchain1751 entangle1790 enmesh1822 in mesh1875 society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > restrict or limit [verb (transitive)] > in free action bind971 hamper?a1366 chain1377 coarctc1400 prison?a1425 tether?a1505 fetter1526 imprisona1533 strait1533 swaddle1539 measure1560 shacklea1568 to tie up1570 manacle1577 straitena1586 hopple1586 immew16.. scant1600 cabina1616 criba1616 trammela1616 copse1617 cramp1625 cloister1627 incarcerate1640 hidebind1642 to box up1659 strait-lace1662 perstringe1679 hough-band1688 cabin1780 pin1795 strait jacket1814 peg1832 befetter1837 to tie the hands of1866 hog-tie1924 corset1935 the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatment by topical applications > treat by topical applications [verb (transitive)] > bandage bindc1175 scarf1601 fast1618 band1700 roll1746 fetter1756 bandage1774 to strap up1843 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. MMMiii Syn, in the which we be wrapped & featered. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xxii. sig. Cc7v Nether her woorthinesse..nor his owne suffering for her..could fetter his ficklenes. 1633 P. Fletcher Poeticall Misc. 79 in Purple Island Fond man, that thinks such fire and aire to fetter! 1681 W. Temple Mem. iii, in Wks. (1731) I. 359 I never could..endure to be fetter'd in Business. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 20. ⁋4 The generality of the World are fettered by Rules. 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters ii. 142 All the other mills..have their wheels fettered with icy chains. 1788 J. Priestley Lect. Hist. v. lxv. 521 The best faculties..may be sunk and fettered by superstition. 1829 T. Arnold Let. 30 Mar. in A. P. Stanley Life & Corr. T. Arnold (1844) I. v. 230 The surest way to fetter our own progress. 1837 J. H. Newman Parochial Serm. (ed. 2) III. xxv. 420 Can any..human doctrine fetter down our hearts? ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > move on wheels [verb (transitive)] > furnish with tyres fetter?1523 ring1794 tire1891 tyre1909 ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. iiii They wheles..must be well fettred with wode or yron. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † fetterv.2 Obsolete. rare. transitive. See quot. 1587. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparation of meat > dress animals for food [verb (transitive)] > butcher undoc1400 fetter1587 butcher1609 butch1656 1587 L. Mascall Bk. Cattell (1653) 25 Also there be many men that fetter them, which is, to cut the dew-lap before on the brisket. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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