trammel

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Synonyms: rammel, tramel, trommel, trammed, trammell, trammer, tremmel, strammel

Antonyms: rammel, tramel, trommel, trammed, trammell, trammer, tremmel, strammel

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Noun

1. Whatever [[impede]]s activity, progress, or freedom, such as a net or [[shackle]].
2. A [[fishing]] [[net]] that has large [[mesh]] at the edges and smaller mesh in the middle.
3. A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey.
4. A vertical bar with several notches or chain of [[ring]]s suspended over a [[fire]], used to hang [[cooking pot]]s by a hook which has an easily adjustable height.
5. Braids or plaits of hair.
6. A kind of shackle used for regulating the motions of a horse and making it [[amble]].
7. {{lb|en|engineering}} An instrument for drawing [[ellipse|ellipses]], one part of which consists of a cross with two grooves at right angles to each other, the other being a [[beam]] carrying two pins (which slide in those grooves), and also the [[describe|describing]] pencil.
8. A [[beam compass]].

Verb

1. To [[entangle]], as in a [[net]].
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[confine]]; to [[hamper]]; to [[shackle]].

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}.

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