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Synonyms
tram·mel (trăḿəl)

[Middle English tramale, a kind of net, from Old French tramail, from Late Latin trēmaculum, Latin trēs, three, + Latin macula, mesh.]

noun 

  1. A shackle used to teach a horse to amble.
  2. Something that restricts activity, expression, or progress; a restraint.
  3. A vertically set fishing net of three layers, consisting of a finely meshed net between two nets of coarse mesh.
  4. An instrument for describing ellipses.
  5. An instrument for gauging and adjusting parts of a machine; a tram.
  6. An arrangement of links and a hook in a fireplace for raising and lowering a kettle.

transitive verb: -meled or -melled, -mel·ing or -mel·ling, -mels or -mels 

  1. To enmesh in or as if in a fishing net. See synonyms at hamper1
  2. To hinder the activity or free movement of.

derivatives

traḿmel·er
noun