Fetter

Word FETTER
Character 6
Hyphenation fet ter
Pronunciations /ˈfet.ə/

Definitions and meanings of "Fetter"

What do we mean by fetter?

A device, usually one of a pair of rings connected to a chain, that is attached to the ankles or feet to restrict movement. noun

Something that serves to restrict; a restraint. noun

To put fetters on; shackle. transitive verb

To restrict or restrain: synonym: hobble. transitive verb

To put fetters upon; shackle or confine, as with fetters; hence, to bind; confine; restrain.

A chain or bar by which a person or an animal is confined by the foot, so that he is either made fast to an object or deprived of free motion by having one foot attached to the other; a shackle. noun

Anything that confines or restrains from motion; a restraint; a check. noun

Synonyms Gyve, Manacle, etc. See shackle, n. noun

A chain or shackle for the feet; a chain by which an animal is confined by the foot, either made fast or disabled from free and rapid motion; a bond; a shackle. noun

Anything that confines or restrains; a restraint. noun

To put fetters upon; to shackle or confine the feet of with a chain; to bind. transitive verb

To restrain from motion; to impose restraints on; to confine; to enchain. transitive verb

A chain or similar object used to bind a person or animal - often by its legs (usually in plural). noun

Anything that restricts or restrains in any way. noun

To shackle or bind up with fetters verb

To restrain or impede; to hamper. verb

Restrain with fetters verb

A shackle for the ankles or feet noun

A chain or similar object used to bind a person or animal – often by its legs (usually in plural).

Anything that restricts or restrains.

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The word "fetter" in example sentences

They are as stanch and resolved in their hatred of the domestic institution as when we abolished the accursed slave traffic; as when, at a vast sacrifice, both of money and of colonial prosperity, we struck the last fetter from the last English slave; as when the women of England, half a million strong, sent out a generous if not a wise remonstrance to the women of America. ❋ Unknown (1863)

Thursday (called in French Jeudi gras and in German fetter Donnerstag ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

It never will save a man from sin; never break a fetter, or dash away a wine-cup. ❋ Martha Lewis Beckwith Ewell (1871)

Wise people do not call that a strong fetter which is made of iron, wood, or hemp; far stronger is the care for precious stones and rings, for sons and a wife. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Shyness hitherto had been no infirmity of this young Canadian; but Bertie somehow had mesmerized her into a state of consciousness -- it was a cobwebby kind of fetter, but the first she had worn. ❋ Mrs. George Croft Huddleston (N/A)

If you propose to become a tyrant over him, ... do your best to poison him with a theory of morals against nature; impose every kind of fetter on him; embarrass his movements with a thousand obstacles; place phantoms around him to frighten him .... ❋ Hippolyte Taine (1860)

Capitalist property, private property in the means of production, the profit system itself, had become a "fetter" on the further development of the productive forces. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"fetter" on the technological means of production, a fetter that is ready to be burst asunder. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Blanket advice to magistrates to deal with all cases in one particular way – commit to crown court – regardless of the facts of the individual cases might be seen as an unlawful fetter on their discretion. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Britain was not the only country to unleash the money-spinning potential of the bankers, of course, but Thatcher's ideological convictions of unleashing the power of the markets put London in the vanguard — and Brown did nothing to fetter the masters of the universe. ❋ Unknown (2011)

He looks upon study as an odious fetter; — his time is spent in the open air, climbing hills or rowing on the lake. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It can be considered an evil technology because it must necessarily fetter disfavored communications to be useful. ❋ Unknown (2009)

For those who perceive the latter, the novel's bleak horror will leave a bruise on the mind, a fetter on the heart. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Also, his love of freedom chafed against the restriction in much the same way his neck chafed against the starched fetter of a collar. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It laid a fetter on our souls, the need for love and yet the difficulty of its expression. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Despite his enthusiasm for our work, he never attempted to fetter our research or edit our conclusions, preferring to foster the pursuit of honest and serious history. ❋ Col. Matthew Moten (2011)

"Well, somewhat more fettered than we already are, but not as fettered as those other guys want to fetter." ❋ Unknown (2009)

Hughes is promoting social engineering designed to control and fetter the university system. ❋ Unknown (2011)

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