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Showing words for TRAMMEL using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Trammel

trammel

6 Letter Words for Trammel

armlet, lammer, malter, marlet, martel, rammel, termal, tramel

5 Letter Words for Trammel

alert, alter, amlet, ammer, armet, artel, lamer, later, lemma, marle, mater, melam, metal, metra, ramet, ratel, realm, retal, taler, tamer, telar, terma, tmema, trame

4 Letter Words for Trammel

alem, alme, amel, aret, arle, arte, atle, earl, emma, eral, erat, laer, laet, lame, lamm, lare, late, leam, lear, leat, male, malm, malt, mare, marl, marm, mart, mate, meal, mear, meat, mela, melt, merl, meta, mrem, rale, rame, rate, real, ream, tael, tale, tame, tare, teal, team, tear, tela, tera, term, tram

3 Letter Words for Trammel

aer, ale, alt, ame, amt, are, arm, art, ate, atm, eam, ear, eat, ela, elm, elt, era, ert, eta, lam, lar, lat, lea, lem, ler, let, ltm, ltr, mae, mal, mam, mar, mat, mea, mel, mem, mer, met, ram, rat, rea, rel, rem, rle, rte, tal, tam, tar, tea, tel, tem, ter, tlr, tra, trm

Definitions for Trammel

[1] Usually trammels . a hindrance or impediment to free action; restraint: the trammels of custom.
[2] an instrument for drawing ellipses.
[3] Also called tram. a device used to align or adjust parts of a machine.
[4] trammel net.
[5] a fowling net.
[6] a contrivance hung in a fireplace to support pots or kettles over the fire.
[7] a fetter or shackle, especially one used in training a horse to amble.
[8] to involve or hold in trammels; restrain.
[9] to catch or entangle in or as in a net.
[10] (often plural) a hindrance to free action or movement
[11] Also called: trammel net a fishing net in three sections, the two outer nets having a large mesh and the middle one a fine mesh
[12] rare a fowling net
[13] US a fetter or shackle, esp one used in teaching a horse to amble
[14] a device for drawing ellipses consisting of a flat sheet of metal, plastic, or wood having a cruciform slot in which run two pegs attached to a beam. The free end of the beam describes an ellipse
[15] (sometimes plural) another name for beam compass
[16] Also called: tram a gauge for setting up machines correctly
[17] a device set in a fireplace to support cooking pots
[18] to hinder or restrain
[19] to catch or ensnare
[20] to produce an accurate setting of (a machine adjustment), as with a trammel

Words related to Trammel

obstruct, cramp, clog, fetter, restrict, handcuff, curb, thwart, tether, check, manacle, shackle, restrain, tie, disrupt, hinder, frustrate, impede, hobble, hamstring

Words nearby Trammel

tram, tram flap, trama, tramadol, tramline, trammel, trammel net, trammie, tramontana, tramontane, tramp

Origin of Trammel

1325–75; Middle English tramayle < Middle French tramail, variant of tremail three-mesh net < Late Latin trēmaculum, equivalent to Latin trē(s ) three + macula mesh

Other words from Trammel

tram·mel·er ; especially British , tram·mel·ler , noun
un·tram·meled , adjective
un·tram·melled , adjective

Word origin for Trammel

C14: from Old French tramail three-mesh net, from Late Latin trēmaculum , from Latin trēs three + macula hole, mesh in a net

Synonyms for Trammel

bridle, check, clog, cramp, curb, disrupt, encumber, fetter, frustrate, hamstring, handcuff, hinder, hobble, impede, manacle, obstruct, restrain, restrict, retard, shackle, tether, thwart, tie