trammel

/tɹˈæmə‍l/

/ˈtɹæməɫ/

[verb] [noun]

to trammel

[VERB]

MAIN VERB

place limits on (extent or amount or access)

synonyms : bound

catch in or as if in a trap

synonyms : ensnare

Trammel

a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)

synonyms : bond

hamper

shackle

a restraint that is used to teach a horse to amble

an adjustable pothook set in a fireplace

a fishing net with three layers; the outer two are coarse mesh and the loose inner layer is fine mesh

synonyms : trammel net

Examples

1. They had been trapped with trammel fishing nets.

2. In the movie Trammel kills her lover with an ice pick and has an abusive ex boyfriend named Manny Vasquez.

3. Literally the average position that you dress and that is moving in a circle, which is really nice There's a bunch of mechanical constructions called a trammel of Archimedes where you can draw a circle From two things moving in straight lines and it's a mechanical way of drawing a perfect circle You just constrain these two dots to move in straight lines I didn't say that.

4. but what if you have to draw some truly big circles and that's what today's tool tip is about is that it is an invention called trammel points what are trammel points

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