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Trammel v. t. (past & past part. trammeled or trammelled; pres. part. trammeling, or trammelling)

To entangle, as in a net; to catch. (R.)

To confine; to hamper; to shackle.

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Etymology of 'Trammel'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Trammel" Quotes from Famous Books

... House to support that bill against the judgment of a large majority of the Republicans. I agreed with President Hayes in the matter of a reform in the civil service and in his desire to free the Executive power from the trammel of senatorial dictation. ...

— Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 • George Hoar

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