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fetter
noun
- 1. A chain or shackle fastened to a prisoner's ankle. Compare manacle.
- Thesaurus: shackles, chains, handcuffs, manacles.
- Form: fetters (usually)
- Thesaurus: restraints, constraints, hindrances, obstructions, curbs, checks.
- Form: fetters
- 1. To put someone in fetters.
- Thesaurus: bind, chain, tie, manacle, hobble, shackle, pinion, truss; Antonym: free.
- Thesaurus: bind, restrict, confine, tie, encumber, hamper, shackle, curb.
