- noun(fetters)fetter (noun) · fetters (plural noun)
- 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"
verbfetter (verb) · fetters (third person present) · fettered (past tense) · fettered (past participle) · fettering (present participle)- restrain with chains or manacles, typically around the ankles:"there were no chains immediately available to fetter the prisoners"
- restrict or restrain (someone) in an unfair or undesirable fashion:"he was not fettered by tradition"
OriginOld English feter, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch veter ‘a lace’, from an Indo-European root shared by foot.Similar and Opposite Wordsnoun- a chain or manacle used to restrain a prisoner, typically placed around the ankles:
- a restraint or check on someone's freedom to do something, typically one considered unfair or overly restrictive:
verb- restrain with chains or manacles, typically around the ankles:
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- To confine or restrain someone or somethingFetter is a word that means to confine or restrain someone or something123. It can be used as a verb or a noun. The word originally referred to a chain or shackle for the feet13. It can also be used figuratively to describe something that limits or stops progress23. The word comes from Old English and is related to the word foot1.Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.While now used as a more general term for something that confines or restrains, fetter was originally applied specifically to a chain or shackle for the feet. Not surprisingly, the word's Old English ancestor, feter, is etymologically shackled to fōt, the Old English ancestor of foot.www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fetterfetter verb [ T ] uk / ˈfet.ə r/ us / ˈfet̬.ɚ / Add to word list literary to keep someone within limits or stop them from making progress: fettered by He felt fettered by a nine-to-five office existence. to tie someone to a place by putting chains around their anklesdictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/fetterformal : to prevent (someone or something) from moving or acting freely He found himself fettered by responsibilities. restrictions that fetter [= hinder] creativity 2 old-fashioned : to put chains around someone's feet to prevent motion fetter [= shackle] a prisonerwww.britannica.com/dictionary/fetter
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