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I get word-a-day emails from wordsmith dot org. This week's theme is "Words having many unrelated meanings." I don't read them every day, but I saw that today's word was 'trammel' ... and when a single word can evoke Sir Ian McKellen in your head, I suppose you'd best see what that word's about.
trammel
noun:
1. Something that limits or hinders.
2. A fishing net having three layers.
3. An instrument for drawing ellipses.
4. A shackle used in training a horse to amble.
5. An instrument for gauging and aligning parts of a machine.
6. A hook for hanging a pot or a kettle over a fire.
verb tr.: To restrain; to hinder.
trammel
noun:
1. Something that limits or hinders.
2. A fishing net having three layers.
3. An instrument for drawing ellipses.
4. A shackle used in training a horse to amble.
5. An instrument for gauging and aligning parts of a machine.
6. A hook for hanging a pot or a kettle over a fire.
verb tr.: To restrain; to hinder.