Definition of fettering Fettering

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What does fettering mean?

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Noun Plural: fetters
fetter - a shackle for the ankles or feet
		hobble
		hamper, shackle, trammel, bond a basket usually with a cover
Verb fetters, fettering, fettered
fetter - restrain with fetters
		shackle
		restrain, confine, hold hold back
		handcuff, manacle, cuff confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs; "The police handcuffed the suspect at the scene of the crime"

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fetter (Noun)
A chain or similar object used to bind a person or animal - often by its legs usually in plural.
fetter (Noun)
Anything that restricts or restrains.
fetter (Verb)
To shackle or bind up with fetters.
fetter (Verb)
To restrain or impede; to hamper.

fetter (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.
fetter (n.)
Anything that confines or restrains; a restraint.
fetter (p. pr. & vb. n.)
To put fetters upon; to shackle or confine the feet of with a chain; to bind.
fetter (p. pr. & vb. n.)
To restrain from motion; to impose restraints on; to confine; to enchain; as, fettered by obligations.

fetter
fet′ėr, n. a chain or shackle for the feet: anything that restrains—used chiefly in pl.—v.t. to put fetters on: to restrain.—adjs. Fett′ered, bound by fetters: (zool.) of feet bent backward and apparently unfit for walking; Fett′erless, without fetters, unrestrained.—n. Fett′erlock (her.) a shackle or lock. [A.S. feter—fét, feet, pl. of fót, foot.]

fetter
To put fetters upon; to shackle or confine the feet with a chain; to bind; to enchain. Deserters are sometimes fettered while undergoing punishment for the crime of desertion.