fetter (redirected from fettering)

fet·ter  (ftr)

n.

1. A chain or shackle for the ankles or feet.

2. Something that serves to restrict; a restraint.

tr.v. fet·tered, fet·ter·ing, fet·ters

1. To put fetters on; shackle.

2. To restrict the freedom of. See Synonyms at hamper¹.

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[Middle English feter, from Old English; see ped- in Indo-European roots.]

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fetter [ˈfɛtə]

n

1. (Military / Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) (often plural) a chain or bond fastened round the ankle; shackle

2. (usually plural) a check or restraint in fetters

vb (tr)

1. to restrict or confine

2. to bind in fetters

[Old English fetor; related to Old Norse fjöturr fetter, Old High German fezzera, Latin pedica fetter, impedīre to hinder]

fetterer  n

fetterless  adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fetter - a shackle for the ankles or feet     hobble hamper, shackle, trammel, bond - a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
Verb	1.	fetter - restrain with fetters shackle handcuff, manacle, cuff - confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs; "The police handcuffed the suspect at the scene of the crime" restrain, confine, hold - to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"

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fetter

verb

1. restrict, bind, confine, curb, restrain, hamstring, hamper, encumber, clip someone's wings, trammel, straiten He would not be fettered by bureaucracy.

2. chain, tie, tie up, shackle, hobble, hold captive, manacle, gyve (archaic), put a straitjacket on My foes fettered me hand and foot.

plural noun

1. restraints, checks, curbs, constraints, captivity, obstructions, bondage, hindrances without the fetters of restrictive rules

2. chains, bonds, irons, shackles, manacles, leg irons, gyves (archaic), bilboes He saw a boy in fetters in the dungeon.

Translations

fetter [ˈfetəʳ] VT [+ person] → encadenar, poner grilletes a; [+ horse] → trabar (fig) → poner trabas a

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fetter [ˈfɛtə^r] vt (= hamper) → entraver

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fetter

vt prisoner → fesseln; goat → anpflocken; (fig) → in Fesseln legen

n fetters pl → (Fuß)fesseln pl; (fig) → Fesseln pl; to put a prisoner in fetters → einen Gefangenen in Fesseln legen

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fetter [ˈfɛtəʳ] vt (person) → incatenare (fig) → ostacolare

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fetter [ˈfɛtəʳ] vt (person) → incatenare (fig) → ostacolare

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fetter

n fetter [ˈfetə]

a chain that holds the foot or feet of a prisoner, animal etc to prevent running away The prisoner was in fetters. boeie قُيود، أغْلال окови pouto, řetěz lænke die Fessel δεσμά ποδιών cadenas, grilletes vangirauad, kammits غل و زنجیر jalkarauta chaînes, fers אָזִיקִים बेड़ी, बंधन lanac za noge, negva lábbilincs rantai hlekkir, fótajárn catena 足かせ 족쇄 pantis, grandinė pineklis; važas; valgi rantai boei fotlenke/-jern okowy, pęta grilhão lanţuri; piedică ножные кандалы puto okovi lanci boja โซ่ตรวน pranga, ayak zinciri 腳鐐 кайдани; пута بیزی یا زنجیر cái cùm 脚镣

v

to fasten with a fetter She fettered the horse. geboei, vasgeketting يُقَيِّد، يُكَبِّل оковавам svázat, připoutat lænke; binde fesseln πεδικλώνω encadenar raudu panema, kammitsasse panema غل و زنجیر کردن kahlita entraver לִכבּוֹל בְּאָזִיקִים बंधन बांधना okovati (lancima); sputati (konja) béklyóz merantai fjötra, hlekkja incatenare;impastoiare 足かせをする 족쇄를 채우다 pančioti sapīt (zirgu); iekalt važās merantai vastketenen legge i lenker, baste og binde spętać agrilhoar a pune piedică заковывать;спутывать spútať, sputnať nadeti spono staviti uzde fjättra, tjudra ล่ามโซ่ zincire vurmak 為...上腳鐐 заковувати в кайдани; путати (коня) بیڑیوں میں جکڑنا cùm (chân ai); xích (ngựa) 为...上脚镣