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Trammel \Tram"mel\, n. [F. tramail, tr['e]mail, a net, LL.
tremaculum, tremacle, a kind of net for taking fish; L. tres
three macula a mesh. See {Three}, and {Mail} armor.]
1. A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey.
--Carew.
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2. A net for confining a woman's hair. --Spenser.
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3. A kind of shackle used for regulating the motions of a
horse and making him amble.
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4. Fig.: Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, as
a net or shackle.
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[They] disdain the trammels of any sordid contract.
--Jeffrey.
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5. An iron hook of various forms and sizes, used for handing
kettles and other vessels over the fire.
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6. (Mech.)
(a) An instrument for drawing ellipses, one part of which
consists of a cross with two grooves at right angles
to each other, the other being a beam carrying two
pins (which slide in those grooves), and also the
describing pencil.
(b) A beam compass. See under {Beam}.
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Trammel \Tram"mel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trammeled}or
{Trammelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Trammeling}, or
{Trammelling}.]
1. To entangle, as in a net; to catch. [R.] --Shak.
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2. To confine; to hamper; to shackle.
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Ellipsograph \El*lip"so*graph\, n. [Ellipse graph: cf. F.
ellipsographe.]
An instrument for describing ellipses; -- called also
{trammel}.
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