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/ˈtraməl/,
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trammels, plural;
  1. Deprive of freedom of action
    • - those less trammeled by convention than himself
Noun
  1. A restriction or impediment to someone's freedom of action
    • - we will forge our own future, free from the trammels of materialism
  2. A set-net consisting of three layers of netting, designed so that a fish entering through one of the large-meshed outer sections will push part of the finer-meshed central section through the large meshes on the further side, forming a pocket in which the fish is trapped

  3. An instrument consisting of a board with two grooves intersecting at right angles, in which the two ends of a beam compass can slide to draw an ellipse

  4. A beam compass

  5. A hook in a fireplace for a kettle

  1. trammel net: a fishing net with three layers; the outer two are coarse mesh and the loose inner layer is fine mesh
  2. trap: catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes"
  3. an adjustable pothook set in a fireplace
  4. restrict: place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"
  5. a restraint that is used to teach a horse to amble
  6. shackle: a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
  7. A beam compass is a compass with a beam and sliding sockets or cursors for drawing and dividing circles larger than those made by a regular pair of compasses. The instrument can be as a whole, or made on the spot with individual sockets (called trammel points) and any suitable beam.
  8. A fishing net or fishnet is a net that is used for fishing. Fishing nets are meshes usually formed by knotting a relatively thin thread. ...
  9. Trammels is an area within Missouri City, Texas, United States that was an unincorporated settlement in eastern Fort Bend County. Trammels was located fourteen miles northeast of Richmond at the junction of a graded and drained road and Texas State Highway 6.
  10. Something that impedes activity, freedom, or progress; To entangle, as in a net; To hamper
  11. A series of rings or links, or other device, to bear a crook at different heights over a fire; the whole being suspended from a transverse bar (the crook tree), built in the chimney.
  12. A drawing instrument for describing circles of large radii, consisting of a bar and two sliding parts which can be adjusted to the desired radius by sliding them along the bar. One sliding part is provided with a point for centering and the other with a pen or pencil for drawing the curve. ...