trammel
IPA: trˈæmʌɫ
noun
- 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 set of rings or other hanging devices, attached to a transverse bar suspended over a fire, used to hang cooking pots etc.
- A net for confining a woman's hair.
- A kind of shackle used for regulating the motions of a horse and making it amble.
- (engineering) 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.
- A surname.
verb
- To entangle, as in a net.
- (transitive) To confine; to hamper; to shackle.
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Examples of "trammel" in Sentences
- What trammeled the plan
- His plan was to trammel the plot.
- I was about to trammel their plan.
- Liberals trammel free speech at colleges.
- The villian trammeled the protagonist's plan.
- At the moment, the plan was already trammeled.
- What is the cause that trammeled your schedule
- Who is responsible for this plan to be trammeled
- A trammel is a jig for cutting circles with a router.
- The trammel is a mechanical device for circumscribing ellipses.