trammel

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

tram·mel (trămʹəl)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 describing 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, or tram·melled tram·mel·ing, or tram·mel·ling tram·mels or tram·mels
1. To enmesh in or as if in a fishing net. See Synonyms at hamper¹.
2. To hinder the activity or free movement of. [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.] tramʹmel·er n.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  shackle, bond, hamper, trammel net, restrict, restrain, limit, bound, confine, throttle, trap, entrap, snare, ensnare