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Entrammel

Entrammel \En*tram"mel\, v. t. [See Trammel.] To trammel; to entangle.
--Bp. Hacket.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
entrammel

"to entangle," 1590s, from en- (1) "in" + trammel (n.).

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entrammel

vb. To hamper by entangle

Usage examples of "entrammel".

Had I known the precariousness of my ascent, with a corpse as entrammeling cargo, I would have thrown myself upon the nearest rock face and clung to it like an apperceptive lichen.

It is possible that he was considering retreat from any further confidence, for want of knowing what might result from his answers for a young man perhaps innocently entrammelled in some misfortune no fault of his own.

And among the commonalty thus entrammelled, more to the point, an elderly Benedictine monk of the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, at Shrewsbury.