Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Caught; confined; shackled; hampered.
- Having blazes or white marks on the fore foot and hind foot; of one side, as if marked by trammels: said of a horse.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Man.) Having blazes, or white marks, on the fore and hind foot of one side, as if marked by trammels; -- said of a horse.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
trammel .
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Examples
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There were its anticompetitive actions that "trammeled" the process that normally encourages innovation and consumer benefit.
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Of course, rich Western countries can't easily wag a finger at China's labor practices, since Beijing is simply following a neocolonial path already well-trammeled by multinational moguls like Shell and Hershey's.
Michelle Chen: Zambia Mine Shooting Blights Chinese 'Development' in Africa Michelle Chen 2010
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“A good fire would clear this place,” Rytlock snarled, stepping through the trammeled gap.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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“A good fire would clear this place,” Rytlock snarled, stepping through the trammeled gap.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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And not just the 2nd, but also the others that were recently trammeled upon by the Bush admin.
Obama Administration Looks To Reinstate Assault-Weapons Ban 2009
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Of course, rich Western countries can't easily wag a finger at China's labor practices, since Beijing is simply following a neocolonial path already well-trammeled by multinational moguls like Shell and Hershey's.
Michelle Chen: Zambia Mine Shooting Blights Chinese 'Development' in Africa Michelle Chen 2010
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We're not talking trammeled, double track; we're talking artfully engineered, sustainably built serpentine trail that flows with the natural landscape.
Mike Harrelson: Montana's Best Singletrack? Mountain Biking in Big Sky Country Mike Harrelson 2010
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I have been pummeled by blind nuns in Costa Rica, trammeled by a galloping male masseur hanging from a rafter in China, I've been to strange shady little strip mall parlors and glam spas that gave me cucumber water.
Kirsten Dixon: Meditating On The Chopra Center Kirsten Dixon 2011
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We're not talking trammeled, double track; we're talking artfully engineered, sustainably built serpentine trail that flows with the natural landscape.
Mike Harrelson: Montana's Best Singletrack? Mountain Biking in Big Sky Country Mike Harrelson 2010
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And not just the 2nd, but also the others that were recently trammeled upon by the Bush admin.
Obama Administration Looks To Reinstate Assault-Weapons Ban 2009
elfflame commented on the word trammeled
n. (also tram-mel net) a set-net consisting of three layers of netting, designed so that a fish entering through one of the large-meshed outer sections will push part of the finer-meshed central section through the large meshes on the further side, forming a pocket in which the fish is trapped.
April 26, 2020
elfflame commented on the word trammeled
n. an instrument consisting of a board with two grooves intersecting at right angles, in which the two ends of a beam compass can slide to draw an ellipse.
Origin early 18th cent: so named because the motion of the beam is 'restricted' by the grooves.
Special Usage a beam compass.
April 26, 2020
elfflame commented on the word trammeled
n. a hook in a fireplace for a kettle.
April 26, 2020
elfflame commented on the word trammeled
v. (-meled, -mel-ing; Brit -melled, -mel-ling) trans deprive of freedom of action: those less trammeled by convention than himself.
Origin late Middle English (sense 2): from Old French tramail, from a medeival Latin variant of trimaculum, perhaps from Latin tri- 'three' + macula 'mesh.'
April 26, 2020
elfflame commented on the word trammeled
"But her eyes were still sharp and fierce, the eyes of a hunting hawk, even if one trammeled in a mew.
Widdershins (whyborn & Griffin) by Jordan L Hawk
April 26, 2020