Noun: fetter fe-tu(r)
- A shackle for the ankles or feet
"The prisoner's fetters clanked as he walked";
- hobble
- Something that constrains freedom to act
"His overwhelming debt became a fetter to his dreams of starting a business"
- Restrain with fetters
"The prisoners were fettered before transport";
- shackle, enfetter
- [literary] Be a hindrance or obstacle to
"She is fettering the progress of our project";
- impede, hinder, trammel [literary], entrammel [literary]
Derived forms: fettered, fettering, fetters
Type of: bond, confine, constrain, hamper, hold, keep, prevent, restrain, shackle, trammel
Encyclopedia: Fetter, Ellen