trammels
Meaning
plural of trammel
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trammel
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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.
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