The Collaborative International Dictionary
Trammel \Tram"mel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trammeledor Trammelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Trammeling, or Trammelling.]
To entangle, as in a net; to catch. [R.]
--Shak.To confine; to hamper; to shackle.
Trammeled \Tram"meled\, a. (Man.) Having blazes, or white marks, on the fore and hind foot of one side, as if marked by trammels; -- said of a horse.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: trammel)
Usage examples of "trammeled".
A blue-green brocade robe trammeled my legs, pearls encrusted sleeves trailing long enough to step on, and a pearly collar stiffened with silver wire stuck out far enough behind so that sitting would be impossible without help.
Yet the frost still trammeled me, and for a moment I could not think why.
Sevinhand Anchormaster’s habitual melancholy lifted into a smile which was both rue trammeled and genuine-the smile of a man who had lost his own love so long ago that envy no longer hindered his empathy.
But even free of the table, she was trammeled in such a way that she could not put her fingers on this coupling.
They made what slight profit they could, given the taxes and duties that trammeled them.