Trammel
Same as: tramnoun
- 1.
- (something that hinders freedom of action, a kind of dragnet for catching fish, anything which impedes movement) អ្វីៗដែលបង្អាក់
verb — past tense: trammeled ; past participle: trammeled ; present participle: trammeling ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) (1. To enmesh in or as if in a fishing net. 2. To hinder the activity or free movement of) បង្អាក់, ធ្វើអោយទើសទែង
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- A net for confining a woman's hair.
- 2.
- A kind of shackle used for regulating the motions of a horse and making him amble.
- 3.
- (FIGURATIVE) Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, as a net or shackle.
- 4.
- An iron hook of various forms and sizes, used for handing kettles and other vessels over the fire.
- 5.
- An instrument for drawing ellipses, one part of which consists of a cross with two grooves at right angles to each other, the other being a beam carrying two pins (which slide in those grooves), and also the describing pencil.
- 6.
- A beam compass.
- 7.
- A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey.
verb — past tense: trammeled ; past participle: trammeled ; present participle: trammeling ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To entangle, as in a net; to catch.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To confine; to hamper; to shackle.