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单词 fetter
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fettern.

Brit. /ˈfɛtə/, U.S. /ˈfɛdər/
Forms: Old English feotor, feter, fetor, Middle English–1600s feter, Middle English fet(t)re, southern vetre, (Middle English feder, fettir, fettour, fettyr, fetur, fetyr, 1500s fetrer, fettar), 1500s– fetter.
Etymology: Old English feter (feminine), cognate with Old Saxon feteros plural masculine (Dutch veter , masculine, lace), Old High German fez̧z̧era , Middle High German fez̧z̧er (early modern German fesser ) feminine, Old Norse fiǫturr (masculine) (Swedish fjättrar plural) < Old Germanic *feterâ , -ro-z , < fet- ( < Old Aryan ped- ) ablaut-form of fôt foot n. and int. Compare Latin pedica, Greek πέδη of identical meaning and root.
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

Brit. /ˈfɛtə/, U.S. /ˈfɛdər/
Forms: Middle English–1500s feter(e, fet(t)re, (Middle English fedre, fedyr, fether, fet(t)yr, fetur), 1500s– fetter.
Etymology: < fetter n.; compare Old Frisian fitera, Old High German (ka-) fez̧arôn, Old Norse fiǫtra.
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?
2. To bind (a wheel) with a tire. Obsolete.
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

Etymology: ? < *fetter, corruption of faitour n.
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.
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