Trammel
31trammel — 1. noun the trammels of domesticity Syn: restraint, constraint, curb, check, impediment, obstacle, barrier, handicap, bar, hindrance, encumbrance, disadvantage, drawback, shackles, fetters, bonds 2. verb th …
32trammel — n Usu. trammels 1. restraint, constraint, check, curb, barrier, block, obstacle, bar; hindrance, impediment, deterrent, holdback, stumbling block; hitch, snag, knot, drawback, Inf. fly in the ointment. 2. fetters, manacles, bonds, shackles,… …
33trammel — tram·mel …
34trammel — tram•mel [[t]ˈtræm əl[/t]] n. v. meled, mel•ing (esp. brit.) melled, mel•ling. 1) Usu., trammels. a hindrance or impediment to free action; restraint 2) an instrument for drawing ellipses 3) mac a device used to align or adjust parts of a machine …
35trammel — n. net to catch fish, birds, etc.; shackle on horse s leg; check; obstacle; instrument for drawing ellipses; v.t. restrain; hamper …
36trammel — an iron instrument in the chimney for hanging pots and kettles over the fire …
37trammel — n. & v. n. 1 (usu. in pl.) an impediment to free movement; a hindrance (the trammels of domesticity). 2 a triple drag net for fish, which are trapped in a pocket formed when they attempt to swim through. 3 an instrument for drawing ellipses etc.… …
38trammel net — a net made up of a fine meshed net between two large meshed nets extended between two ropes and set up in a tidal current or river, the fish being trapped by becoming wrapped in the fine meshed net that forms bags around the fish …
39trammel net — a three layered fishing net, the middle layer of which is fine meshed, the others coarse meshed, so that fish attempting to pass through the net will become entangled in one or more of the meshes. [1510 20] * * * …
40trammel net — /ˈtræməl nɛt/ (say tramuhl net) noun a three layered net, the middle layer of which is fine meshed, the others coarse meshed, so that fish attempting to pass through the net will become entangled in one or more of the meshes …
