English-Thai Dictionary

fetter

N โซ่ตรวน  สิ่ง ผูกมัด  ตรวน  เครื่องพันธนาการ  so-truan

 

fetter

VT ตีตรวน  ผูกมัด  ล่ามโซ่  chain tie up shackle te-truan

 

fetterbush

N ต้น ไม้พุ่ม พวก  Lyonia lucida ดอก สี ขาว หอม 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FETTER

n. 1. A chain for the feet; a chain by which an animal is confined by the foot, either made fast or fixed, as a prisoner, or impeded in motion and hindered from leaping, as a horse whose fore and hind feet are confined by a chain.
The Philistines bound Samson with fetters of brass. Judges 16:21.
2. Any thing that confines or restrains from motion.
Passions too fierce to be in fetters bound.

 

FETTER

v.t. 1. To put on fetters; to shackle or confine the feet with a chain.
2. To bind; to enchain; to confine; to restrain motion; to impose restraints on.
Fetter strong madness in a silken thread.

 

FETTERED

pp. Bound or confined by fetters; enchained.

 

FETTERING

ppr. Binding or fastening by the feet with a chain; confining; restraining motion.

 

FETTERLESS

a.Free from fetters or restraint.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FETTER

Fet "ter, n. Etym: [AS. fetor, feter; akin to OS. feter, pl. , OD. veter, OHG. fezzera, Icel. fjöturr, L. pedi, Gr. foot. sq. root 77. See Foot. ] [Chiefly used in the plural, fetters. ]

 

1. 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. [They ] bound him with fetters of brass. Judg. xvi. 21.

 

2. Anything that confines or restrains; a restraint. Passion's too fierce to be in fetters bound. Dryden.

 

FETTER

Fet "ter, v. t. Etym: [imp. & p.p. Fettered (n. Fettering. ]

 

Defn: 1. To put fetters upon; to shakle or confine the feet of with a chain; to bind. My heels are fettered, but my fist is free. Milton.

 

2. To reastrain from motion; to impose restrains on; to confine; to enchain; as, fettered by obligations. My conscience! thou art fettered More than my shanks and wrists. Shak.

 

FETTERED

FETTERED Fet "tered, a. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Seeming as if fettered, as the feet pf certain animals which bend backward, and appear unfit for walking.

 

FETTERER

FETTERER Fet "ter *er, n.

 

Defn: One who fetters. Landor.

 

FETTERLESS

FETTERLESS Fet "ter *less, a.

 

Defn: Free from fetters. Marston.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

fetter

fet ter |ˈfetər ˈfɛdər | ▶noun (usu. fetters ) a chain or manacle used to restrain a prisoner, typically placed around the ankles: he lay bound with fetters of iron. • a restraint or check on someone's freedom to do something, typically one considered unfair or overly restrictive: the fetters of discipline and caution. ▶verb [ with obj. ] restrain with chains or manacles, typically around the ankles: (as adj. fettered ) : a ragged and fettered prisoner. • restrict or restrain (someone ) in an unfair or undesirable fashion: he was not fettered by tradition. ORIGIN Old English feter; from an Indo-European root shared by foot .

 

fetterlock

fet ter lock |ˈfetərˌläk ˈfɛdərlɑk | ▶noun a D-shaped fetter for tethering a horse by the leg, now only as represented as a heraldic charge.

 

Oxford Dictionary

fetter

fet ¦ter |ˈfɛtə | ▶noun (usu. fetters ) a chain or manacle used to restrain a prisoner, typically placed around the ankles: he lay bound with fetters of iron. • a restraint or check on someone's freedom to act: the fetters of convention. ▶verb [ with obj. ] restrain with chains or manacles, typically around the ankles: (as adj. fettered ) : a ragged and fettered prisoner. • confine or restrict (someone ): he was not fettered by tradition. ORIGIN Old English feter, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch veter ‘a lace ’, from an Indo-European root shared by foot .

 

fetterlock

fet ¦ter |lock |ˈfɛtəlɒk | ▶noun a D-shaped fetter for tethering a horse by the leg, now only as represented as a heraldic charge.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

fetter

fetter verb 1 the captive was fettered: shackle, manacle, handcuff, clap in irons, put in chains, chain (up ); informal cuff; literary enfetter. 2 these obligations fetter the company's powers: restrict, restrain, constrain, limit; hinder, hamper, impede, obstruct, hamstring, inhibit, check, curb, trammel; informal hog-tie.

 

fetters

fetters plural noun bound by fetters of iron: shackles, manacles, handcuffs, irons, leg irons, chains, restraints; informal cuffs, bracelets; historical bilboes.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

fetter

fetter verb 1 the captive was branded and fettered: shackle, manacle, handcuff, clap in irons, put in chains, chain (up ), bind, tie (up ), tether, rope, hobble; secure, restrain; informal cuff; rare enfetter, gyve. 2 these obligations do not fetter the company's powers: restrict, restrain, constrain, confine, limit; hinder, hamper, impede, obstruct, handicap, hamstring, encumber, inhibit, check, curb, tie down; tie someone's hands, cramp someone's style; literary trammel.

 

fetters

fetters plural noun the prisoner lay bound with fetters of iron: shackles, manacles, handcuffs, irons, leg irons, chains, bonds; tethers, ropes, restraints; informal cuffs, bracelets; archaic trammels, gyves, darbies, bilboes.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

fetter

fet ter /fétə r /名詞 C 〖通例 ～s 〗1 (罪人の足にはめる )足枷 （かせ ）, 足鎖 .2 (一般に )束縛, 拘束 (するもの )▸ be in fetters とらわれの身である, 束縛されている ▸ burst one's fetters 束縛を断ち切る 動詞 他動詞 〖通例 be ～ed 〗足枷をはめられる ; 拘束 [束縛 ]される ▸ be fettered in prison 獄舎につながれる ▸ a mind fettered by superstition 迷信にとらわれた心