trammel
verb /ˈtræml/
/ˈtræml/
[often passive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they trammel | /ˈtræml/ /ˈtræml/ |
| he / she / it trammels | /ˈtræmlz/ /ˈtræmlz/ |
| past simple trammelled | /ˈtræmld/ /ˈtræmld/ |
| past participle trammelled | /ˈtræmld/ /ˈtræmld/ |
| (US English) past simple trammeled | /ˈtræmld/ /ˈtræmld/ |
| (US English) past participle trammeled | /ˈtræmld/ /ˈtræmld/ |
| -ing form trammelling | /ˈtræmlɪŋ/ /ˈtræmlɪŋ/ |
| (US English) -ing form trammeling | /ˈtræmlɪŋ/ /ˈtræmlɪŋ/ |
- trammel somebody/something to limit somebody’s freedom of movement or activity synonym restrict
- He felt himself trammelled by convention.
Word Originlate Middle English (originally referring to a type of net used for fishing): from Old French tramail, from a medieval Latin variant of trimaculum, perhaps from Latin tri- ‘three’ + macula ‘mesh’.