trammel
/ˈtræməl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.95 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A vertical bar with several notches or chain of rings suspended over a fire, used to hang cooking pots by a hook which has an easily adjustable height.
noun
An instrument for drawing ellipses, one part of which consists of a cross with two grooves at right angles to each other, the other being a beam carrying two pins (which slide in those grooves), and also the describing pencil.
noun
A beam compass.
Example Sentences
- "[They] disclaim the trammels of any sordid contract."
- "The men who came here were able to throw off all the trammels of tradition and established doctrine."
- ""Also, it would be convenient for spending the night - or, if you find that the trammels of convention still defy the peculiar circumstances, well, maybe we could make it two apartments.""
- "1633, The tuck carrieth a like fashion , save that it is narrower meshed , and ( therefore scarce lawful ) with a long bunt in the midst : the trammel differeth not much from the shape of this bunt, and serveth to such use as the wear and haking."
- "Her golden lockes she roundly did uptye In breaded tramels, that no looser heares Did out of order stray about her daintie eares."
- "the scarce-snatched hours Which deepening pain left to his lordliest powers: — Heaven lost through spider-trammelled prison-bars."