What does "fetter" mean?
Fetter: 2. Anything that confines or restrains; a restraint. Passion's too fierce to be in fetters bound. Dryden.
Additional senses
- 2.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.
- 3.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.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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