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Trammeling

Trammel \Tram"mel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trammeledor Trammelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Trammeling, or Trammelling.]

  1. To entangle, as in a net; to catch. [R.]
    --Shak.

  2. To confine; to hamper; to shackle.

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trammeling

vb. (present participle of trammel English)

Usage examples of "trammeling".

These spells hitting him now must be linked, so that breaking or trammeling one awakens the next!

He drew back one of those slim, ethereal hands and struck me a blow that sent pain trammeling through me.

The wizard dared to hope he was being drawn through the ceiling into the Wolf Woods-known in his own day as Cormyr-when a high little voice began to chitter far below, and the scaffold began to groan and sway beneath the trammeling of little boots.