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fettering, vbl. n.|ˈfɛtərɪŋ|
[f. fetter v.1 + -ing1.]
The action of binding with fetters.
a1623Gosson in Spurgeon Treas. Dav. Ps. cxlix. 8 If he once fall to fettering of princes..no flesh shall be able to knock off their bolts again. 1873Burton Hist. Scot. V. lix. 332 The Perth citizen's familiar way of treating the fettering of a Highlander. 1874H. R. Reynolds John Bapt. ii. 98 That sign shall be..the fettering of such unwilling tongue.
attrib.1812Examiner 28 Sept. 621/2 The old man was..pushed forward to the fettering block. |