trammel

tram·mel

T0311600 (trăm′əl)n.1. A shackle used to teach a horse to amble.2. Something that restricts activity, expression, or progress; a restraint.3. A vertically set fishing net of three layers, consisting of a finely meshed net between two nets of coarse mesh.4. An instrument for drawing ellipses.5. An instrument for gauging and adjusting parts of a machine; a tram.6. An arrangement of links and a hook in a fireplace for raising and lowering a kettle.tr.v. tram·meled, tram·mel·ing, tram·mels or tram·melled or tram·mel·ling 1. To enmesh in a fishing net.2. To hinder the activity or free movement of.

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[Middle English tramale, a kind of net, from Old French tramail, from Late Latin trēmaculum : Latin trēs, three; see trei- in Indo-European roots + Latin macula, mesh.]

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tram′mel·er n.

trammel

(ˈtræməl) n1. (often plural) a hindrance to free action or movement2. (Fishing) Also called: trammel net a fishing net in three sections, the two outer nets having a large mesh and the middle one a fine mesh3. (Hunting) rare a fowling net4. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) US a fetter or shackle, esp one used in teaching a horse to amble5. (Tools) a device for drawing ellipses consisting of a flat sheet of metal, plastic, or wood having a cruciform slot in which run two pegs attached to a beam. The free end of the beam describes an ellipse6. (Tools) (sometimes plural) another name for beam compass7. (Mechanical Engineering) Also called: tram a gauge for setting up machines correctly8. (Cookery) a device set in a fireplace to support cooking potsvb (tr) , -els, -elling or -elled, -els, -eling or -eled9. to hinder or restrain10. (Hunting) to catch or ensnare11. (Mechanical Engineering) to produce an accurate setting of (a machine adjustment), as with a trammel[C14: from Old French tramail three-mesh net, from Late Latin trēmaculum, from Latin trēs three + macula hole, mesh in a net] ˈtrammeller, ˈtrammeler n

tram•mel

(ˈtræm əl)

n., v. -meled, -mel•ing (esp. Brit.) -melled, -mel•ling. n. 1. Usu., trammels. a hindrance or impediment to free action; restraint. 2. an instrument for drawing ellipses. 3. a device used to align or adjust parts of a machine. 4. a net for catching birds or fish, esp. a three-layered net in which fish are trapped in two or more layers of mesh. 5. a contrivance hung in a fireplace to support pots or kettles. 6. a fetter or shackle, esp. one used in training a horse to amble. v.t. 7. to restrain in trammels. 8. to catch or entangle in or as if in a net. [1325–75; Middle English tramayle < Middle French tramail, variant of tremail three-mesh net < Late Latin trēmaculum= Latin trē(s) three + macula mesh] tram′mel•er; esp. Brit., tram′mel•ler, n.

trammel

Past participle: trammelled
Gerund: trammelling

Imperative
trammel
trammel

Present
I trammel
you trammel
he/she/it trammels
we trammel
you trammel
they trammel

Preterite
I trammelled
you trammelled
he/she/it trammelled
we trammelled
you trammelled
they trammelled

Present Continuous
I am trammelling
you are trammelling
he/she/it is trammelling
we are trammelling
you are trammelling
they are trammelling

Present Perfect
I have trammelled
you have trammelled
he/she/it has trammelled
we have trammelled
you have trammelled
they have trammelled

Past Continuous
I was trammelling
you were trammelling
he/she/it was trammelling
we were trammelling
you were trammelling
they were trammelling

Past Perfect
I had trammelled
you had trammelled
he/she/it had trammelled
we had trammelled
you had trammelled
they had trammelled

Future
I will trammel
you will trammel
he/she/it will trammel
we will trammel
you will trammel
they will trammel

Future Perfect
I will have trammelled
you will have trammelled
he/she/it will have trammelled
we will have trammelled
you will have trammelled
they will have trammelled

Future Continuous
I will be trammelling
you will be trammelling
he/she/it will be trammelling
we will be trammelling
you will be trammelling
they will be trammelling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been trammelling
you have been trammelling
he/she/it has been trammelling
we have been trammelling
you have been trammelling
they have been trammelling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been trammelling
you will have been trammelling
he/she/it will have been trammelling
we will have been trammelling
you will have been trammelling
they will have been trammelling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been trammelling
you had been trammelling
he/she/it had been trammelling
we had been trammelling
you had been trammelling
they had been trammelling

Conditional
I would trammel
you would trammel
he/she/it would trammel
we would trammel
you would trammel
they would trammel

Past Conditional
I would have trammelled
you would have trammelled
he/she/it would have trammelled
we would have trammelled
you would have trammelled
they would have trammelled

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	trammel - a fishing net with three layers; the outer two are coarse mesh and the loose inner layer is fine meshtrammel netfishing net, fishnet - a net that will enclose fish when it is pulled in
	2.	trammel - an adjustable pothook set in a fireplacepothook - an S-shaped hook to suspend a pot over a fire
	3.	trammel - a restraint that is used to teach a horse to ambleconstraint, restraint - a device that retards something's motion; "the car did not have proper restraints fitted"
	4.	trammel - a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)hamper, shackle, bondball and chain - heavy iron ball attached to a prisoner by a chainfetter, hobble - a shackle for the ankles or feethandcuff, handlock, manacle, cuff - shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairschains, irons - metal shackles; for hands or legsconstraint, restraint - a device that retards something's motion; "the car did not have proper restraints fitted"
Verb	1.	trammel - catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes"snare, trap, ensnare, entraphunting, hunt - the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sportcapture, catch - capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping; "I caught a rabbit in the trap today"gin - trap with a snare; "gin game"
	2.	trammel - place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"confine, limit, throttle, restrain, restrict, boundtighten, reduce - narrow or limit; "reduce the influx of foreigners"tie - limit or restrict to; "I am tied to UNIX"; "These big jets are tied to large airports"gate - restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishmentdraw a line, draw the line - reasonably object (to) or set a limit (on); "I draw the line when it comes to lending money to friends!"mark off, mark out - set boundaries to and delimit; "mark out the territory"harness, rein, rule - keep in check; "rule one's temper"baffle, regulate - check the emission of (sound)hamper, cramp, halter, strangle - prevent the progress or free movement of; "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries"tighten up, constrain, stiffen, tighten - restrict; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations"clamp down, crack down - repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable); "The police clamped down on illegal drugs"inhibit - limit the range or extent of; "Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs"constrain, cumber, encumber, restrain - hold backcurb, hold in, control, moderate, contain, check, hold - lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger"

trammel

nounSomething that limits or restricts:check, circumscription, constraint, cramp, curb, inhibition, limit, limitation, restraint, restriction, stricture.verb1. To gain control of or an advantage over by or as if by trapping:catch, enmesh, ensnare, ensnarl, entrap, snare, tangle, trap, web.2. To restrict the activity or free movement of:chain, fetter, hamper, hamstring, handcuff, hobble, leash, manacle, shackle, tie.Informal: hog-tie.

Translations

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