Fetter Definition

fĕtər
fettered, fetters
noun
fetters
A device, usually one of a pair of rings connected to a chain, that is attached to the ankles or feet to restrict movement.
American Heritage
A shackle or chain for the feet.
Webster's New World
Anything that holds in check; restraint.
Webster's New World

(figuratively) Anything that restricts or restrains.

Wiktionary
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verb
fettered, fetters
To bind with fetters; shackle; chain.
Webster's New World
To hold in check; restrain; confine.
Webster's New World

To shackle or bind up with fetters.

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Other Word Forms of Fetter

Noun

Singular:
fetter
Plural:
fetters

Origin of Fetter

  • Middle English feter from Old English ped- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Old English feter. Cognate with Dutch veter (“lace”).

    From Wiktionary

Fetter Sentence Examples

  • The right ankle of one, indeed, is connected with the left ankle of another by a small iron fetter.

  • It had become an absolute fetter on the further development of the economy.

  • About the 25th of September it moved to Fetter Lane.

  • Thus he describes the body (which, after Epicurus, he calls the flesh) as a mere husk or fetter or prison of the soul; with its departure begins the soul's true life.

  • Although the light thrown upon ancient conditions of life and thought has destroyed much that sometimes seems vital for the Old Testament, it has brought into relief a more permanent and indisputable appreciation of its significance, and it is gradually dispelling that pseudo-scientific literalism which would fetter the greatest of ancient Oriental writings with an insistence upon the verity of historical facts.

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Words Starting With

FFEFET

Words Ending With

RERTER

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With F6 Letter Words Ending With R