entrammel

entrammel
To hamper by entangling

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

  • entrammel — index arrest (apprehend), encumber (hinder), fetter, handcuff, interfere, restrict, trammel …   Law dictionary

  • entrammel — 1590s, from EN (Cf. en ) (1) + TRAMMEL (Cf. trammel) …   Etymology dictionary

  • entrammel — [ɪn tram(ə)l, ɛn ] verb (entrammels, entrammelling, entrammelled; US entrammels, entrammeling, entrammeled) literary entangle; trap …   English new terms dictionary

  • entrammel — en·trammel …   English syllables

  • entrammel — /ɛnˈtræməl/ (say en tramuhl), /ən / (say uhn ) verb (t) (entrammelled or, US, entrammeled, entrammelling or, US, entrammeling) to trammel; fetter; entangle …  

  • entrammel — v.tr. (entrammelled, entrammelling; US entrammeled, entrammeling) entangle, hamper …   Useful english dictionary

  • Restraint — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Restraint >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 restraint restraint Sgm: N 1 hindrance hindrance &c. 706 Sgm: N 1 coercion coercion &c.(compulsion) 744 Sgm: N 1 cohibition cohibition constraint repression …   English dictionary for students

  • arrest — ar·rest 1 /ə rest/ n [Middle French arest, from arester to stop, seize, arrest, ultimately from Latin ad to, at + restare to stay]: the restraining and seizure of a person whether or not by physical force by someone acting under authority (as a… …   Law dictionary

  • encumber — en·cum·ber also in·cum·ber /in kəm bər/ vt bered, ber·ing: to burden with a claim (as a mortgage or lien) encumber ed the land with a mineral lease Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

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