trammel

1. n. A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey. Source: opted

2. n. A net for confining a woman's hair. Source: opted

3. n. A kind of shackle used for regulating the motions of a horse and making him amble. Source: opted

4. n. Fig.: Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, as a net or shackle. Source: opted

5. n. An iron hook of various forms and sizes, used for handing kettles and other vessels over the fire. Source: opted

6. n. 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. Source: opted

7. n. A beam compass. See under Beam. Source: opted

8. v. t. To entangle, as in a net; to catch. Source: opted

9. v. t. To confine; to hamper; to shackle. Source: opted

10. n. a fishing net with three layers; the outer two are coarse mesh and the loose inner layer is fine mesh Source: wordnet

11. n. an adjustable pothook set in a fireplace Source: wordnet

12. n. a restraint that is used to teach a horse to amble Source: wordnet

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