Definitions

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  • noun An instrument, or device, sometimes of leather, more usually of rope, fitted to a horse's legs, to regulate his motions, and form him to amble.

Etymologies

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From French tramail ("net for catching fishes"), from Late Latin tremaculum

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Examples

  • Untrammeled freedom for me to tramel your freedom to my heart's delight, but of course not vice versa.

    John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009

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    Salena Tramel: "Generation 3.0" of Intervention in Haiti: What Is Bill Clinton Doing on the Island Anyways? 2009

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    Salena Tramel: Why Food Sovereignty Is the New Food Security 2009

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    Salena Tramel: Egypt-Gaza Border-Crossing A Soap Opera Filming Set 2009

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    Salena Tramel: Gaza's Mud Homes Build Hope 2009

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    Salena Tramel: Why Food Sovereignty Is the New Food Security 2009

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    Salena Tramel: "Generation 3.0" of Intervention in Haiti: What Is Bill Clinton Doing on the Island Anyways? 2009

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    Salena Tramel: Egypt-Gaza Border-Crossing A Soap Opera Filming Set 2009

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    Salena Tramel: Gaza's Mud Homes Build Hope 2009

  • I. vii.2 (428,2) If the assassination/Could tramel up the consequence] Of this soliloquy the meaning is not very clear; I have never found the readers of Shakespeare agreeing about it.

    Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies Samuel Johnson 1746

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