trammel

Mane (Îngilîzî)

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.

Hevwate

snare

hinder

shackle

block

restrain

impede

encumber

hamper

trap

🪤

ensnare

entrap

fetter

vernier calipers

confine

prevent

obstruct

trammel net

thwart

chain

sliding calipers

hitch

net

bar

trig

handicap

restrict

bind

slide gauge

cross

bound

seine

bond

deter

arrest

embarrass

limit

manacle

tether

throttle

imprison

incapacitate

inhibit

intercept

intricacy

mantrap

mesh

moor

network

obstacle

obstruction

obtrusion

obviate

pit

plight

puzzle

queer

secure

seize

shut

snag

snap up

spoil

stunt

stymie

stymy

take

tie

tie down

track down

tram

🚊

trawl

pothook

purse seine

scotch

forefend

sweep-net

annoy by obstructing

square calliper

slide calipers

beam trammel

stop

🛑

beam compasses

avert

baffle

bag

balk

barrier

bilk

blockade

block out

block up

capture

catch

check

clog

cramp

cumber

debar

deflect

enchain

encumbrance

fasten

foil

forbid

forestall

forfend

frustrate

gin

gird

go against

grab

gyve

handcuff

head off

help

hindrance

hobble

hook

🪝

hurdle

impediment

Werger

fesseln

trabar

atrapar

restreindre

engel

traba

crémaillère

hemmen

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/ˈtræməl/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Ji Middle English mîras hatiye girtin: trameyle

Hevwate bi îtalî: tramaglio

Hevwate bi spanî: 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”).