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trammel
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
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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-Taught | Joshua Rosetrammel, tram′el, n. a net used in fowling and fishing: shackles for making a horse amble: anything that confines.
There was no cult of seamanship, no dead wall of prejudice to trammel modern naval developments.
The Empire of the East | H. 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 MacaulayThat which is progress to-day, may it not one hundred years hence have become mere routine, and a downright trammel?
Monsieur de Camors, Complete | Octave Feuillet
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