trammels

NOUN

bridle

Synonyms

STRONG

check control curb deterrent hackamore halter headstall leash rein restraint

Antonyms

STRONG

encouragement liberation

NOUN

circumscription

Synonyms

STRONG

check confinement constraint curb curbing fetter fetters limit limitation restraint trammel

Antonyms

STRONG

allowance freedom infinity liberation permission

NOUN

confinement

Synonyms

STRONGEST

custody detention incarceration internment jail repression

STRONG

bonds bounds check circumscription coercion constraint control cramp curb delimitation keeping limitation safekeeping

WEAK

bounding constrainment immuration

Antonyms

STRONGEST

freedom liberation liberty

STRONG

allowance permission

NOUN

fetters

Synonyms

STRONG

bonds captivity chains check cuffs curb handcuffs hindrance irons manacles obstruction restraint shackles

WEAK

bilboes

Antonyms

STRONG

aid assistance encouragement freedom help liberation promotion

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Finally they got so hot behind the Trammels in 1847-48, they pulled up stakes and went down on the Guadalupe River and carried my mother's mother down there.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 6 by Work Projects Administration

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