tram·mel

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• tram´mel|er — …   Useful english dictionary

• tram|mel — …   Useful english dictionary

• en|tram|mel — «ehn TRAM uhl», transitive verb, meled, mel|ing or (especially British) melled, mel|ling. to trammel; hamper; restrain: »The assumption…that the appropriation of the means of production by the proletariat will release a new flow of wealth now… …   Useful english dictionary

• tram´mel|ler — …   Useful english dictionary

• tram — bar·tram; mot·tram·ite; pen·e·tram·e·ter; tar·tram·ic; te·tram·era; te·tram·er·al; te·tram·er·es; te·tram·er·ism; te·tram·er·ous; te·tram·mine; tram; tram·less; tram·mer; tram·po·line; tram·way·man; ver·a·tram·ine; tram·po·lin·ing; te·tram·e·ter; …   English syllables

• trammel — tram·mel …   English syllables

• trammel — tram•mel [[t]ˈtræm əl[/t]] n. v. meled, mel•ing (esp. brit.) melled, mel•ling. 1) Usu., trammels. a hindrance or impediment to free action; restraint 2) an instrument for drawing ellipses 3) mac a device used to align or adjust parts of a machine …   From formal English to slang

• trammel — tram|mel [ˈtræməl] v past tense and past participle trammelled present participle trammelling BrE past tense and past participle trammeled present participle trammeling AmE [T] formal to limit or prevent someone s freedom or development… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• trammel — tram|mel [ træml ] verb transitive FORMAL to force someone to do a particular thing without allowing them any choice …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Entrammel — En*tram mel, v. t. [See {Trammel}.] To trammel; to entangle. Bp. Hacket. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English