| 释义 |
trammel /tramˈl/ noun- Anything that confines or hinders (usu in pl)
- A net whose inner fine-meshed layer is carried by the fish through the coarse-meshed outer layer, and encloses it in a pocket
- A fowling-net
- A hobble
- Shackles for making a horse amble
- An instrument for drawing an ellipse consisting of a metal or wooden beam with two adjustable pegs (also tram)
- A beam compass
- A series of adjustable rings or hooks suspended from a crossbeam in the chimney, for hanging kettles, cooking pots, etc above a fireplace
- (in pl) a tress
transitive verb (trammˈelling; trammˈelled)- To shackle
- To confine
- To impede or hinder
- To entangle, esp in a trammel
ORIGIN: OFr tramail a net, from LL tramacula, from L trēs three, and macula a mesh trammˈeller noun trammel net noun A trammel |