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Another word for trammel

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Noun

  1. Something that limits or restricts

    See also:

    limited

Verb

  1. To gain control of or an advantage over by or as if by trapping

    See also:

    free

  2. To restrict the activity or free movement of

    See also:

    help

    free

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Another word for trammel

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Sentence Examples

  • He is convinced that virtue (where it is more than a mere pretence) is purely artificial; but not quite certain whether it is a useless trammel of appetites and passions that are advantageous to society, or a device creditable to the politicians who introduced it by playing upon the " pride and vanity " of the " silly creature man."

  • trammel net for commercial use.

  • This is known as the trammel construction.

  • On the basis of that rule, no angler may gill net, trawl, or trammel net for commercial use.

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