What is "untrammeled"

Untrammeled \Un*tram"meled\, a. Not hampered or impeded; free. [Written also untrammelled.]

also untrammelled, 1795, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of trammel (v.).

a. not limited or restricted; unrestrained; limitless. alt. not limited or restricted; unrestrained; limitless.

adj. not confined or limited; "the gift of a fresh eye and an untrammeled curiosity"- Russell Lord; "the untrammeled rush that the snows had shown in the first spring sun"- Farley Mowat [syn: untrammelled]