Definition of fetter

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Fetter (p. pr. & vb. n.) To put fetters upon; to shackle or confine the feet of with a chain; to bind.

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Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To fasten or secure with, or as with, a bolt or bolts, as a door, a timber, fetters; to shackle; to restrain..
Slang :: Slang (n.) A fetter worn on the leg by a convict.
Fettered :: Fettered (a.) Seeming as if fettered, as the feet of certain animals which bend backward, and appear unfit for walking..
Hamper :: Hamper (v. t.) To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle; to insnare; to inveigle; hence, to impede in motion or progress; to embarrass; to encumber..
Chain :: Chain (n.) That which confines, fetters, or secures, as a chain; a bond; as, the chains of habit..
Fetter :: Fetter (n.) A chain or shackle for the feet; a chain by which an animal is confined by the foot, either made fast or disabled from free and rapid motion; a bond; a shackle..
Downgyved :: Downgyved (a.) Hanging down like gyves or fetters.
Anklet :: Anklet (n.) An ornament or a fetter for the ankle; an ankle ring.
Gyve :: Gyve (n.) A shackle; especially, one to confine the legs; a fetter..
Enfetter :: Enfetter (v. t.) To bind in fetters; to enchain.
Shackle :: Shackle (n.) Something which confines the legs or arms so as to prevent their free motion; specifically, a ring or band inclosing the ankle or wrist, and fastened to a similar shackle on the other leg or arm, or to something else, by a chain or a strap; a gyve; a fetter..
Fetter :: Fetter (p. pr. & vb. n.) To restrain from motion; to impose restraints on; to confine; to enchain; as, fettered by obligations..
Fetterless :: Fetterless (a.) Free from fetters.
Bind :: Bind (v. t.) To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner..
Unshackle :: Unshackle (v. t.) To loose from shackles or bonds; to set free from restraint; to unfetter.
Pinion :: Pinion (n.) A fetter for the arm.
Hobble :: Hobble (v. t.) To fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog.
Chainless :: Chainless (a.) Having no chain; not restrained or fettered.
Fetterer :: Fetterer (n.) One who fetters.
Unfetter :: Unfetter (v. t.) To loose from fetters or from restraint; to unchain; to unshackle; to liberate; as, to unfetter the mind..
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