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ˈtrammelling, -eling, vbl. n. [f. trammel v. + -ing1.] The action of the verb trammel in various senses. Also attrib. trammelling-net = trammel-net.
1588Lambarde Eiren. iv. iv. 444 If any person..have taken..any Phesants or Partriches..by lowbelling or tramelling. 1616Surfl. & Markh. Country Farme 133 To be obserued in the tramelling of Horses. 1688R. Holme Armoury iii. xxii. (Roxb.) 277/1 A Long Nett, called a Tramelling Nett... The ends are fixed on long poles. 1826Hone Every-Day Bk. I. 952 The larks..at Dunstable..are usually taken..with trammeling nets. 1866Daily Tel. 5 Jan. 5/2 Trawling, shrimping, trammelling..methods deprecated by those who don't happen to practise them. |