trammel
Meaning
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- Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, such as a net or shackle.
- A fishing net that has large mesh at the edges and smaller mesh in the middle
- A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey.
- A vertical bar with several notches or chain of rings suspended over a fire, used to hang cooking pots by a hook which with easily adjustable height.
- Braids or plaits of hair.
- A kind of shackle used for regulating the motions of a horse and making it amble.
- 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.
- A beam compass.
Synonyms
trammel net
sliding calipers
slide gauge
sweep-net
annoy by obstructing
square calliper
slide calipers
beam trammel
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈtræməl/
Etymology
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”).
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