Definitions
restrain with fetters
Word origin
From Middle English feter, from Old English feter, Proto-West Germanic *fetur, from Proto-Germanic *feturaz (“fetter”), from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“to step, walk; to fall, stumble”). Related to foot.
Used in a sentence
“Passion's too fierce to be in fetters bound.”
“He looks upon study as an odious fetter; his time is spent in the open air, climbing the hills or rowing on the lake.”
“That was the turning-point of my life. I broke my fetters, and I fought a hard fight for a new career …”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Restrain with chains”6 letters
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