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trammel

trammel rings (4) used to hang cooking pots

Etymology

From Middle English trameyle, from Old French tramail (“net for catching fish”), from Late Latin tremaculum. See Italian tramaglio.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA(key): /ˈtræməl/

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• Rhymes: -æməl

Noun[edit]

trammel (plural trammels)

1. Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, such as a net or shackle. quotations ▼

2. A fishing net that has large mesh at the edges and smaller mesh in the middle

3. A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey. quotations ▼

4. A set of rings or other hanging devices, attached to a transverse bar suspended over a fire, used to hang cooking pots etc.

5. A net for confining a woman's hair. quotations ▼

6. A kind of shackle used for regulating the motions of a horse and making it amble.

7. (engineering) 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.

8. A beam compass.

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