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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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..
Span :: Span (v. t.) To fetter, as a horse; to hobble..
Iron :: Iron (v. t.) To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff.
Anklet :: Anklet (n.) An ornament or a fetter for the ankle; an ankle ring.
Fetter :: Fetter (n.) Anything that confines or restrains; a restraint.
Fetterer :: Fetterer (n.) One who fetters.
Hobble :: Hobble (v. t.) To fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog.
Chain :: Chain (n.) That which confines, fetters, or secures, as a chain; a bond; as, the chains of habit..
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..
Slang :: Slang (n.) A fetter worn on the leg by a convict.
Unshackle :: Unshackle (v. t.) To loose from shackles or bonds; to set free from restraint; to unfetter.
Hopple :: Hopple (n.) A fetter for horses, or cattle, when turned out to graze; -- chiefly used in the plural..
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..
Shackle :: Shackle (n.) A fetterlike band worn as an ornament.
Downgyved :: Downgyved (a.) Hanging down like gyves or fetters.
Immanacle :: Immanacle (v. t.) To manacle; to fetter; hence; to confine; to restrain from free action.
Fettered :: Fettered (a.) Seeming as if fettered, as the feet of certain animals which bend backward, and appear unfit for walking..
Fetter :: Fetter (p. pr. & vb. n.) To put fetters upon; to shackle or confine the feet of with a chain; to bind.
Hamper :: Hamper (n.) A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes.
Gyve :: Gyve (v. t.) To fetter; to shackle; to chain.
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