TRAMMEL (trameled, trameling, tramelled, tramelling, tramels)

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Irregular inflected forms: trameled    , trameling    , tramelled    , tramelling    , tramels   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does trammel mean? 

• TRAMMEL (noun)
  The noun TRAMMEL has 4 senses:

1. a fishing net with three layers; the outer two are coarse mesh and the loose inner layer is fine mesh

2. an adjustable pothook set in a fireplace

3. a restraint that is used to teach a horse to amble

4. a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)

  Familiarity information: TRAMMEL used as a noun is uncommon.

• TRAMMEL (verb)
  The verb TRAMMEL has 2 senses:

1. catch in or as if in a trap

2. place limits on (extent or amount or access)

  Familiarity information: TRAMMEL used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRAMMEL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fishing net with three layers; the outer two are coarse mesh and the loose inner layer is fine mesh

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

trammel; trammel net

Hypernyms ("trammel" is a kind of...):

fishing net; fishnet (a net that will enclose fish when it is pulled in)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An adjustable pothook set in a fireplace

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("trammel" is a kind of...):

pothook (an S-shaped hook to suspend a pot over a fire)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A restraint that is used to teach a horse to amble

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("trammel" is a kind of...):

constraint; restraint (a device that retards something's motion)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bond; hamper; shackle; trammel

Hypernyms ("trammel" is a kind of...):

constraint; restraint (a device that retards something's motion)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trammel"):

ball and chain (heavy iron ball attached to a prisoner by a chain)

fetter; hobble (a shackle for the ankles or feet)

cuff; handcuff; handlock; manacle (shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs)

chains; irons (metal shackles; for hands or legs)

Derivation:

trammel (place limits on (extent or amount or access))

• TRAMMEL (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they trammel    ... he / she / it trammels   
Past simple: trammeled    / trammelled   
Past participle: trammeled    / trammelled   
-ing form: trammeling    / trammelling   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Catch in or as if in a trap

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

ensnare; entrap; snare; trammel; trap

Context example:

The men trap foxes

Hypernyms (to "trammel" is one way to...):

capture; catch (capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping)

Domain category:

hunt; hunting (the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "trammel"):

gin (trap with a snare)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Place limits on (extent or amount or access)

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

bound; confine; limit; restrict; throttle; trammel

Context example:

limit the time you can spend with your friends

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "trammel"):

reduce; tighten (narrow or limit)

tie (limit or restrict to)

gate (restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment)

draw a line; draw the line (reasonably object (to) or set a limit (on))

mark off; mark out (set boundaries to and delimit)

cramp; halter; hamper; strangle (prevent the progress or free movement of)

constrain; stiffen; tighten; tighten up (severely restrict in scope or extent)

clamp down; crack down (repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable))

delimit; delimitate; demarcate (set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something)

cumber; encumber; restrain (restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult)

scant; skimp (limit in quality or quantity)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

trammel (a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner))