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Trammel
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) Fig.: Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, as a net or shackle.
(2):
(n.) A kind of shackle used for regulating the motions of a horse and making him amble.
(3):
(n.) A net for confining a woman's hair.
(4):
(n.) A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey.
(5):
(v. t.) To confine; to hamper; to shackle.
(6):
(v. t.) To entangle, as in a net; to catch.
(7):
(n.) An iron hook of various forms and sizes, used for handing kettles and other vessels over the fire.
(8):
(n.) A beam compass. See under Beam.
(9):
(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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Trammel'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/t/trammel.html. 1828.
