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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024tram•mel /ˈtræməl/USA pronunciation n., v., -meled, -mel•ing or (esp. Brit.) -melled, -mel•ling. n. [countable] - Usually, trammels. [plural] anything that hinders;
a restraint.
v. [~ + object] - to restrain or hold back.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tram•mel (tram′əl),USA pronunciation n., v., -meled, -mel•ing or (esp. Brit.) -melled, -mel•ling. n. - Usually, trammels. a hindrance or impediment to free action;
restraint:the trammels of custom. - an instrument for drawing ellipses.
- Also called tram. a device used to align or adjust parts of a machine.
- See trammel net.
- a fowling net.
- a contrivance hung in a fireplace to support pots or kettles over the fire.
- a fetter or shackle, esp. one used in training a horse to amble.
v.t. - to involve or hold in trammels;
restrain. - to catch or entangle in or as in a net.
- Late Latin trēmaculum, equivalent. to Latin trē(s) three + macula mesh
- Middle French tramail, variant of tremail three-mesh net
- Middle English tramayle 1325–75
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged drag, hobble, curb, inhibition.
- 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged hinder, impede, obstruct, encumber.
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