TRAMMEL
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Tram"mel (?), n. [F. tramail, trémail, a net, LL. tremaculum, tremacle, a kind of net for taking fish; L. tres three + macula a mesh. See Three, and Mail armor.] 1. A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey. Carew.
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2. A net for confining a woman's hair. Spenser.
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3. A kind of shackle used for regulating the motions of a horse and making him amble.
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4. Fig.: Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, as a net or shackle.
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[They] disdain the trammels of any sordid contract.
Jeffrey.
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5. An iron hook of various forms and sizes, used for handing kettles and other vessels over the fire.
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6. (Mech.) (a) 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. (b) A beam compass. See under Beam.
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Tram"mel (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trammeled (?) or Trammelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Trammeling, or Trammelling.] 1. To entangle, as in a net; to catch. [R.] Shak.
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2. To confine; to hamper; to shackle.
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