Main Entry: 2trammel
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): -meled or -melled; -mel·ing or tram·mel·ling /'tra-m&-li[ng], 'tram-li[ng]/
Date: 1605
1 : to catch or hold in or as if in a net : ENMESH
2 : to prevent or impede the free play of : CONFINE
synonym see HAMPER
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TRANSITIVE VERB: Inflected forms: tram·meled or tram·melled, tram·mel·ing or tram·mel·ling, tram·mels or tram·mels
1. To enmesh in or as if in a fishing net. See synonyms at hamper1. 2. To hinder the activity or free movement of.
ETYMOLOGY: Middle English tramale, a kind of net, from Old French tramail, from Late Latin trmaculum : Latin trs, three; see trei- in Appendix I + Latin macula, mesh.
untrammeled
ADJECTIVE: Not limited or restricted; unrestrained. Not limited or restricted; unrestrained.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000
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[trammel \Tram"mel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trammeledor Trammelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Trammeling, or Trammelling.] 1. To entangle, as in a net; to catch. [R.] --Shak.
2. To confine; to hamper; to shackle.
untrammeled \Un*tram"meled\, a. Not hampered or impeded; free. [Written also untrammelled.]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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