Fetters
plural of Fetter
fetters
plural of fetter
fetters
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fetter
Source: Wiktionary
Fet"ter, n. Etym: [AS. fetor, feter; akin to OS. feter, pl., OD. veter, OHG. fezzera, Icel. fjƶturr, L. pedi, Gr. foot. sq. root 77. See Foot.] [Chiefly used in the plural, fetters.]
1. A chain or shackle for the feet; a chain by which an animal is confined by the foot, either made fast or disabled from free and rapid motion; a bond; a shackle. [They] bound him with fetters of brass. Judg. xvi. 21.
2. Anything that confines or restrains; a restraint. Passion's too fierce to be in fetters bound. Dryden.
Fet"ter, v. t. Etym: [imp. & p.p. Fettered (n. Fettering.]
Definition: 1. 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.
2. 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 June 2025
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