trammel in English

noun

1

a restriction or impediment to someone's freedom of action.

we will forge our own future, free from the trammels of materialism

synonyms: restraint, constraint, curb, check, impediment, obstacle, barrier, handicap, bar, hindrance, encumbrance, disadvantage, drawback, shackles, fetters, bonds

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.

Researchers lifted a trammel net full of large Asian carp from Swan Lake, a backwater lake of the Illinois River, in 2001.

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.

There are miter clamps, levels, plumb bobs, oil cans, planes, trammels , and so on.

4

a hook in a fireplace for a kettle.

verb

1

deprive of freedom of action.

those less trammeled by convention than himself

synonyms: restrict, restrain, constrain, hamper, confine, hinder, handicap, obstruct, impede, hold back, tie down, hamstring, shackle, fetter

noun

restraint, constraint, curb, check, impediment, obstacle, barrier, handicap, bar, hindrance, encumbrance, disadvantage, drawback, shackles, fetters, bonds
bond, shackle, hamper

verb

restrict, restrain, entrap
restrict, restrain, constrain, hamper, confine, hinder, handicap, obstruct, impede, hold back, tie down, hamstring, shackle, fetter
restrain, confine, throttle, limit, bound, restrict
entrap, trap, ensnare, snare

Use "trammel" in a sentence

1. 10 To adjust or align ( mechanical parts ) with a trammel.

2. 5 The invention discloses a fishing type trammel net.

3. 2 No longer trammel by his responsibility as chairman, he can say what he wish.

4. 8 An instrument for gauging and adjusting machine parts; a trammel .

5. 6 Lori Trammel skanked her way through the entire football team!

6. Static nets including gill-nets, trammel-nets and tangle-nets with mesh size less than 220 mm.

7. 9 To begin the quest,[www.Sentencedict.com] humans and elves should visit Dexter on the second floor of Castle Britannia in Trammel .