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fetter

[ fet-er ]

noun

  1. a chain or shackle placed on the feet.
  2. Usually fetters. anything that confines or restrains:

    Boredom puts fetters upon the imagination.



verb (used with object)

  1. to put fetters upon.
  2. to confine; restrain.

fetter

/ ˈfɛtə /

noun

  1. often plural a chain or bond fastened round the ankle; shackle
  2. usually plural a check or restraint

    in fetters

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. to restrict or confine
  2. to bind in fetters
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈfetterless, adjective
  • ˈfetterer, noun
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Other Words From

  • fetter·er noun
  • fetter·less adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fetter1

before 900; Middle English, Old English feter; cognate with Old High German fezzera, Old Norse fjǫturr; akin to foot
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fetter1

Old English fetor ; related to Old Norse fjöturr fetter, Old High German fezzera , Latin pedica fetter, impedīre to hinder
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Example Sentences

I wonder how it comes,” he asked, “that all these strangers are so quick afoot, and we must drag about our fetter?

He was a grave lad; he had no mind to dance himself; he wore his fetter manfully, and tended his ulcer without complaint.

He thought to leave the fetter where it lay, but when he turned to go, his mind was otherwise.

When politics possess the soul, they fetter it with contemptible pride, paltry ambitions.

Taking this fetter to the wolf, they bade him try his strength on it.

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