trammel

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. Whatever impedes 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 rings suspended over a fire, used to hang cooking pots 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. An instrument for drawing 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 describing pencil.
8. A beam compass.

Verb

1. To entangle, as in a net.
2. (transitive) To confine; to hamper; to shackle.

Concetti

catturare

contenere

dominare

frenare

limitare

ostacolare

arginare

inceppare

intrappolare

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pastoia

prendere in trappola

reprimere

catena

tenere sotto controllo

sinonimi

snare

shackle

block

hinder

ensnare

impede

restrain

hamper

encumber

trap

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entrap

confine

fetter

vernier calipers

prevent

trammel net

obstruct

bond

deter

bar

sliding calipers

cross

restrict

handicap

trig

thwart

tether

embarrass

bind

seine

throttle

chain

limit

manacle

arrest

hitch

bound

net

slide gauge

enchain

block up

deflect

debar

block out

cumber

handcuff

blockade

balk

head off

avert

Traduzioni

tramail

fesseln

trabar

crémaillère

traba

engel

عاق

حصر

إصطاد بشبكة

وقع في شرك

restreindre

atrapar

حدد

قيّد

خنق

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈtræməl/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: trameyle

Affine italiano: tramaglio

Affine spagnolo: trasmallo

In summary

From Middle English trameyle, from Old French tramail (“net for catching fish”), from Late Latin tremaculum, from tri- (“tri-”) + macula (“spot, speck; mesh, cell”). Cognate with Italian tramaglio (“trammel”), Spanish trasmallo (“drift net”).