- (n.) Anything that confines or restrains; a restraint.
- (p.pr.&vb.n.) To put fetters upon; to shackle or confine the feet of with a chain; to bind.
- (p.pr.&vb.n.) To restrain from motion; to impose restraints on; to confine; to enchain; as, fettered by obligations.
- (n.) A chain or shackle for the feet; a chain by which an animal is confined by the foot, either made fast or disabled from free and rapid motion; a bond; a shackle.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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