Word Meaning

Meaning of trammel

- A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey.
- A net for confining a woman's hair.
- A kind of shackle used for regulating the motions of a horse and making him amble.
- Fig.: Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, as a net or shackle.
- An iron hook of various forms and sizes, used for handing kettles and other vessels over the fire.
- An instrument for drawing ellipses, one part of which consists of a cross with two grooves at right angles to each other, the other being a beam carrying two pins (which slide in those grooves), and also the describing pencil.
- A beam compass. See under Beam.
- To entangle, as in a net; to catch.
- To confine; to hamper; to shackle.

Crossword clue for trammel

- fishing net
- Fowling net
- Hinder restrain
- Hindrance to free action or movement
- Triple dragnet for fish