tramel
/tɹˈæməl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.18 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An instrument or device, sometimes of leather, more usually of rope, fitted to a horse's legs to regulate his motions and force him to amble.
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "The back-band which is fit for no other use but to bear up the side ropes, should, if you tramel all four legs, be made of fine girth-web, and lined with cotton; but if you tramel but one side, then a common tape will serve, taking care that it carries the side ropes in an even line, without either rising or falling: for if it rises it shortens the side-rope, and if it falls there is danger of its entangling."
- "Her golden lockes she roundly did uptye In breaded tramels, that no looser heares Did out of order stray about her daintie eares."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: tramail, tremaculum