Found 3 items, similar to fetter.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: fetter membelok
English → English (WordNet) Definition: fetter fetter n : a shackle for the ankles or feet [syn: hobble] v : restrain with fetters [syn: shackle]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Fetter Fetter \Fet"ter\ (f[e^]t"t[~e]r), n. [AS. fetor, feter; akin to OS. feter[=o]s, pl., OD. veter, OHG. fezzera, Icel. fj["o]turr, L. pedica, Gr. pe`dh, 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. [1913 Webster] [They] bound him with fetters of brass. --Judg. xvi. 21. [1913 Webster] 2. Anything that confines or restrains; a restraint. [1913 Webster] Passion's too fierce to be in fetters bound. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] My heels are fettered, but my fist is free. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To restrain from motion; to impose restraints on; to confine; to enchain; as, fettered by obligations. [1913 Webster] My conscience! thou art fettered More than my shanks and wrists. --Shak. [1913 Webster]