TRAM'MEL, n. 1. A kind of long net for catching birds or fishes. The trammel differs not much from the shape of the bunt.2. A kind of shackles used for regulating the motions of a horse, and making him amble.3. An iron hook, of various forms and sizes, used for hanging kettles and other vessels over the fire.4. Trammels, in mechanics, a joiner's instrument for drawing ovals upon boards. One part consists of a cross with two grooves at right angles; the other is a beam carrying two pins which slide in those grooves, and also the describing pencil.TRAM'MEL, v.t. 1. To catch; to intercept.2. To confine; to hamper; to shackle.
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