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  • verbhamper
  • verbtrap

synonyms for trammel

  • bridle
  • check
  • clog
  • cramp
  • curb
  • disrupt
  • encumber
  • fetter
  • frustrate
  • hamstring
  • handcuff
  • hinder
  • hobble
  • impede
  • manacle
  • obstruct
  • restrain
  • restrict
  • retard
  • shackle
  • tether
  • thwart
  • tie
See also synonyms for: trammels / untrammeled
On this page you'll find 104 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to trammel, such as: bridle, check, clog, cramp, curb, and disrupt.

antonyms for trammel

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  • advance
  • aid
  • allow
  • assist
  • clear
  • encourage
  • facilitate
  • forward
  • free
  • help
  • let go
  • liberate
  • loose
  • loosen
  • permit
  • promote
  • push
  • release
  • support
  • unfasten
  • disentangle
  • exclude
  • free
  • let go
  • liberate
  • loosen
  • release
  • aid
  • assist
  • help
  • support
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How to use trammel in a sentence

The most correct method of drawing an ellipse is by means of an instrument termed a trammel, which is shown in Figure 83.
MECHANICAL DRAWING SELF-TAUGHTJOSHUA ROSE
Trammel, tram′el, n. a net used in fowling and fishing: shackles for making a horse amble: anything that confines.
CHAMBERS'S TWENTIETH CENTURY DICTIONARY (PART 4 OF 4: S-Z AND SUPPLEMENTS)VARIOUS
There was no cult of seamanship, no dead wall of prejudice to trammel modern naval developments.
THE EMPIRE OF THE EASTH. B. MONTGOMERY
The coronation oath, they said, was never intended to trammel him in his legislative capacity.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE ACCESSION OF JAMES II.THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY
That which is progress to-day, may it not one hundred years hence have become mere routine, and a downright trammel?
MONSIEUR DE CAMORS, COMPLETEOCTAVE FEUILLET
My great trammel has been the non-existence of any definitely stated alternative on my opponents' part.
THE MEANING OF TRUTHWILLIAM JAMES
The trammel is another form of net of much value to the voyager and explorer.
SHIFTS AND EXPEDIENTS OF CAMP LIFE, TRAVEL & EXPLORATIONW. B. LORD
A trammel net may be used under the ice by cutting two holes through it at a convenient distance apart.
SHIFTS AND EXPEDIENTS OF CAMP LIFE, TRAVEL & EXPLORATIONW. B. LORD
The beam-compass, Fig. 208, consists of two trammel-points running on a beam which may be made of any convenient length.
HANDWORK IN WOODWILLIAM NOYES
No Constitution, it is true, can "trammel up" facts and put power anywhere but where nature puts it.
APPEARANCESGOLDSWORTHY LOWES DICKINSON
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO TRAMMEL

  • barricade
  • block
  • blockade
  • bolt
  • caulk
  • clog
  • close
  • dam
  • deadbolt
  • dike
  • fasten
  • fence
  • jam
  • latch
  • lock
  • plug
  • seal
  • secure
  • trammel
  • wall
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