Thesaurus / trammel
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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 ROSETrammel, 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)VARIOUSThere was no cult of seamanship, no dead wall of prejudice to trammel modern naval developments.
THE EMPIRE OF THE EASTH. B. MONTGOMERYThe 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 MACAULAYThat which is progress to-day, may it not one hundred years hence have become mere routine, and a downright trammel?
MONSIEUR DE CAMORS, COMPLETEOCTAVE FEUILLETMy great trammel has been the non-existence of any definitely stated alternative on my opponents' part.
THE MEANING OF TRUTHWILLIAM JAMESThe trammel is another form of net of much value to the voyager and explorer.
SHIFTS AND EXPEDIENTS OF CAMP LIFE, TRAVEL & EXPLORATIONW. B. LORDA 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. LORDThe beam-compass, Fig. 208, consists of two trammel-points running on a beam which may be made of any convenient length.
HANDWORK IN WOODWILLIAM NOYESNo Constitution, it is true, can "trammel up" facts and put power anywhere but where nature puts it.
APPEARANCESGOLDSWORTHY LOWES DICKINSONWORDS RELATED TO TRAMMEL
- bewilder
- burden
- catch
- clog
- come on
- complicate
- compromise
- confuse
- corner
- dishevel
- duke in
- embarrass
- embrangle
- embroil
- enchain
- enmesh
- ensnare
- entrap
- fetter
- hamper
- hook
- impede
- implicate
- intertangle
- intertwine
- interweave
- jumble
- knot
- lead on
- mat
- muddle
- perplex
- puzzle
- ravel
- rope in
- set up
- snag
- snare
- snarl
- swindle
- tangle
- trammel
- trap
- twist
- unsettle
- baffle
- balk
- bar
- bind
- block
- check
- clog
- cramp
- cramp one's style
- cumber
- curb
- drag one's feet
- embarrass
- encumber
- entangle
- fetter
- foil
- frustrate
- get in the way
- hamstring
- handicap
- hang up
- hinder
- hobble
- hog-tie
- hold up
- inconvenience
- inhibit
- interfere with
- leash
- obstruct
- prevent
- restrain
- retard
- shackle
- slow down
- stymie
- thwart
- tie
- tie one's hands
- tie up
- trammel
- arrest
- balk
- bar
- block
- bottleneck
- box in
- burden
- check
- choke
- clog
- contravene
- counteract
- crab
- cramp
- crimp
- cripple
- curb
- debar
- delay
- deter
- encumber
- fetter
- frustrate
- get in the way
- hamper
- hamstring
- handicap
- hog-tie
- hold back
- hold up
- impede
- inhibit
- interfere
- interrupt
- louse up
- muzzle
- neutralize
- obstruct
- offset
- oppose
- preclude
- prohibit
- resist
- retard
- shut out
- snafu
- stay
- stop
- stymie
- terminate
- thwart
- trammel
- arrests
- balks
- bars
- blocks
- bottlenecks
- box in
- burdens
- checks
- chokes
- clogs
- contravenes
- counteracts
- crabs
- cramps
- crimps
- cripples
- curbs
- debars
- delays
- deters
- encumbers
- fetters
- frustrates
- gets in the way
- hampers
- hamstrings
- handicaps
- hog-ties
- holds back
- holds up
- impedes
- inhibits
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- interrupts
- louses up
- muzzles
- neutralizes
- obstructs
- offsets
- opposes
- precludes
- prohibits
- resists
- retards
- shuts out
- snafus
- stays
- stops
- stymies
- terminates
- thwarts
- trammels
- Catch-22
- albatross
- baggage
- ball and chain
- bar
- barrier
- catch
- check
- clog
- crimp
- cumbrance
- deterrent
- drag
- drawback
- encumbrance
- excess baggage
- foot dragging
- glitch
- gridlock
- handicap
- hang-up
- hitch
- impedance
- impediment
- interference
- interruption
- intervention
- jam-up
- joker
- limitation
- lock
- millstone
- monkey wrench
- obstacle
- restraint
- restriction
- snag
- stoppage
- stumbling block
- trammel
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