trammeled

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Trammeled \Tram"meled\, a. (Man.) Having blazes, or white marks, on the fore and hind foot of one side, as if marked by trammels; -- said of a horse. [Written also trammelled.] [1913 Webster]

Trammel \Tram"mel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trammeledor Trammelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Trammeling, or Trammelling.]

1.To entangle, as in a net; to catch. [R.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]

2.To confine; to hamper; to shackle. [1913 Webster]

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