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trammel

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈtræməl/Part of speech verb, nounSorted aelmmrtStarts with TEnds with L0 clues
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Definitions

  1. place limits on (extent or amount or access)

Word origin

From Middle English trameyle, from Old French tramail (“net for catching fish”), from Late Latin tremaculum, from tri- (“tri-”) + macula (“spot, speck; mesh, cell”). Cognate with Italian tramaglio (“trammel”), Spanish trasmallo (“drift net”).

Used in a sentence

  • [They] disclaim the trammels of any sordid contract.
  • The men who came here were able to throw off all the trammels of tradition and established doctrine.
  • "Also, it would be convenient for spending the night - or, if you find that the trammels of convention still defy the peculiar circumstances, well, maybe we could make it two apartments."

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