fetter : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: fetter	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for fetter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fetter n a shackle for the ankles or feet Synonym(s): fetter, hobble v restrain with fetters Synonym(s): fetter, shackle
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fetter \Fet"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fettered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fettering}.] 1. To put fetters upon; to shackle or confine the feet of with a chain; to bind. My heels are fettered, but my fist is free. --Milton. 2. To restrain from motion; to impose restraints on; to confine; to enchain; as, fettered by obligations. My conscience! thou art fettered More than my shanks and wrists. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fetter \Fet"ter\, n. [AS. fetor, feter; akin to OS. feter[?]s, pl., OD. veter, OHG. fezzera, Icel. fj[94]turr, L. pedi[?]a, Gr. [?], and to E. foot. [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.