Fetter

['fetə] or ['fɛtɚ]

Definition

(noun.) a shackle for the ankles or feet.

(verb.) restrain with fetters.

Typist: Michael--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A chain or shackle for the feet; a chain by which an animal is confined by the foot, either made fast or disabled from free and rapid motion; a bond; a shackle.

(n.) Anything that confines or restrains; a restraint.

(p. pr. & vb. n.) To put fetters upon; to shackle or confine the feet of with a chain; to bind.

(p. pr. & vb. n.) To restrain from motion; to impose restraints on; to confine; to enchain; as, fettered by obligations.

Editor: Rosanne

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Shackle (for the feet), chain, bond, clog, hamper.

v. a. [1]. Shackle (the feet), clog, trammel, hamper, put fetters on.[2]. Chain, bind, tie, confine, restrain.

Checked by Adrienne

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Manacle, hinder, restrain, clog, impede, shackle

ANT:Free, liberate, expedite, accelerate

Checked by Bernie

Definition

n. a chain or shackle for the feet: anything that restrains—used chiefly in pl.v.t. to put fetters on: to restrain.—adjs. Fett′ered bound by fetters: (zool.) of feet bent backward and apparently unfit for walking; Fett′erless without fetters unrestrained.—n. Fett′erlock (her.) a shackle or lock.

Typist: Murray

Examples

Checker: Scott

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