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1. A fishing net with three layers; the outer two are coarse mesh and the loose inner layer is fine mesh
   - trammel net
    
2. An adjustable pothook set in a fireplace
    
3. A restraint that is used to teach a horse to amble
    
4. A restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
   - shackle, bond, hamper

1. (hunting) catch in or as if in a trap
   "The men trammel foxes";
   - trap, entrap, snare, ensnare
    
2. Place limits on (extent, amount or access)
   "trammel the use of this parking lot";
   - restrict, limit, bound, confine, throttle
    
3. [literary] Be a hindrance or obstacle to
   - impede, hinder, fetter [literary], entrammel [literary]

Derived forms: trammelling, trammelled, trammeled, trammels, trammeling

Type of: capture, catch, constraint, fishing net, fishnet, keep, pothook, prevent, restraint

Encyclopedia: Trammel, Virginia