trammel

n.

1. A shackle used to teach a horse to amble.
2. Something that restricts activity, expression, or progress; a restraint.
3. A vertically set fishing net of three layers, consisting of a finely meshed net between two nets of coarse mesh.
4. An instrument for describing ellipses.
5. An instrument for gauging and adjusting parts of a machine; a tram.
6. An arrangement of links and a hook in a fireplace for raising and lowering a kettle.

tr.v., -meled, or -melled, -mel·ing, or -mel·ling, -mels, or -mels.

1. To enmesh in or as if in a fishing net. See synonyms at hamper¹.
2. To hinder the activity or free movement of.

[Middle English tramale, a kind of net, from Old French tramail, from Late Latin trēmaculum : Latin trēs, three + Latin macula, mesh.]

trammeler tram'mel·er n.

(TRAM-uhl)

verb tr.
To restrain; to hinder.

noun
1. Something that limits or hinders.
2. A fishing net having three layers.
3. An instrument for drawing ellipses.
4. A shackle used in training a horse to amble.
5. An instrument for gauging and aligning parts of a machine.
6. A hook for hanging a pot or a kettle over a fire.

Etymology
From Old French tramail, from Latin tremaculum, from tres (three) + macula (mesh). Ultimately from the Indo-European root trei- (three) that's also the source of such words as three, testify (to be the third person: to bear witness), and triskaidekaphobia (fear of the number 13)

Usage
"John Singleton, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. spokesman, said [the ban on cigarette sales at Boston drugstores and on college campuses] does trammel on businesses' right to sell what they want to sell." — Stephen Smith; Hub Seeks More Bans on Tobacco; The Boston Globe; Sep 4, 2008. "'Lost in Showbiz asks what constitutes a crisis?' Jonathan Blake continues, free of the trammels of punctuation." — Marina Hyde; Our High Priest of Showbiz Offers Up Some Vehicle Specs; The Guardian (London, UK); Apr 27, 2009.

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noun

Something that limits or restricts: check, circumscription, constraint, cramp², curb, inhibition, limit, limitation, restraint, restriction, stricture. See limited/unlimited.

verb

1. To gain control of or an advantage over by or as if by trapping: catch, enmesh, ensnare, ensnarl, entrap, snare, tangle, trap, web. See free/unfree.
2. To restrict the activity or free movement of: chain, fetter, hamper, hamstring, handcuff, hobble, leash, manacle, shackle, tie. Informal hog-tie. See free/unfree, help/harm/harmless.

1. In a fireplace, an adjustable hook for suspending a cooking pot from a pivoted wrought-iron horizontal bar attached to one of the fireplace walls.
2. An instrument for drawing ellipses.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - hindring, (til fangst) net, (i fiskeri) posegarn, grimegarn, (over ildsted) kedelkrog
v. tr. - hæmme, hindre, indvikle (som i net)

Nederlands (Dutch)
belemmeren, keurslijf, schakelnet, ellips-/ stokpasser, ketelhaak boven open haard, beenblok (om paard te trainen)

Français (French)
n. - (Équit, fig) entrave, (Tech) compas à ellipse (npl)
v. tr. - (Tech) ajuster, entraver

Deutsch (German)
n. - Fessel, Schleppnetz, Ellipsenzirkel, Stangenzirkel, Kesselhaken
v. - einengen, Fesseln anlegen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - δεσμός, περιορισμός
v. - περιορίζω, παρεμποδίζω, δυσκολεύω, ξεβολεύω

Italiano (Italian)
intoppo, intralciare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - estorvo (m), tresmalho (m)
v. - estorvar, dificultar, restringir

Русский (Russian)
опутывать, ловить в сети, служить помехой, мешать

Español (Spanish)
n. - trasmallo, traba, obstáculo
v. tr. - pescar con trasmallo, poner trabas, obstaculizar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - hinder, bojor, band, tvångströja
v. - hindra, hämma, fjättra

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
拘束, 束缚物, 阻碍物, 束缚, 阻碍

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 拘束, 束縛物, 阻礙物
v. tr. - 拘束, 束縛, 阻礙

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 속박, 그물, 타원 컴퍼스
v. tr. - 그물로 잡다, 자유를 방해하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 拘束, 束縛, 拘束するもの
v. - 自由を妨げる, 拘束する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شكال, شبكه لصيد الطيور او ألأسماك (فعل) يوقع في شراك, يصطاد بشبكه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מחסום לתנועה חופשית, מכשול, מכשיר לשרטוט אליפסות, קרס לתליית קומקום באח (ארה"ב)‬
v. tr. - ‮כבל, עצר, הכביד‬

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