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Meaning
Noun
●
Whatever
impedes
activity
,
progress
, or
freedom
, such as a
net
or shackle.
●
A
fishing net
that has large
mesh
at the
edges
and
smaller
mesh
in the middle
●
A
kind of
net
for
catching
birds
,
fishes
, or other prey.
●
A set of
rings
or other
hang
ing
devices
,
attached
to a
transverse
bar
suspended
over a
fire
, used to
hang
cooking pots
etc.
●
A
net
for
confining
a woman's hair.
●
A
kind of
shackle
used for
regulating
the
motions
of a
horse
and
making it
amble.
●
In Engineering:
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.
●
A
beam
compass.
Verb
●
To
entangle
,
as in
a net.
●
To
confine
; to
hamper
; to shackle.
Name
●
A surname.
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Origin
trammel
English
tramail
French
tremaculum
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
Rhymes
Yaml
Camel
Tamil
Rammel
Enamel
Tramel
Trammel
Bactrian Camel
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