fetter

Noun

1. A chain or similar object used to bind a person or animal – often by its legs (usually in plural).
2. (figuratively) Anything that restricts or restrains.

Verb

1. (transitive) To shackle or bind up with fetters.
2. (transitive) To restrain or impede; to hamper.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfet.ə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: feter

Inherited from Old English: feter

Cognate with Dutch: veter

In summary

From Middle English feter, from Old English feter, Proto-West Germanic *fetur, from Proto-Germanic *feturaz (“fetter”), from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“foot, step”). Cognate with Dutch veter (“lace”). Related to foot.

Synonyms

shackle

chain

manacle

hobble

handcuff

bind

tie

bond

enchain

gyve

fasten

restrain

confine

hitch

tether

tie up

trammel

manacles

fetters

put in chains

secure

rope

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restraint

iron-chain

captivity

cord

gird

hang

hindrance

hopple

impede

imprison

iron

moor

noose

obstacle

obstruction

plight

restrict

restriction

shackles

slang

tie down

put into chains

Translations

Fessel

grilhões

entrave

trabar

entraver

chaîne

agrilhoar

fesseln

encadenar

peia

pihuela

pastoia

ferros

boeien

grilhetas