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fetter

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fetter/ˈfetə(r)/

▶noun a chain or shackle placed around a prisoner's ankles.

■ a restraint or check.

▶verb restrain with fetters.

■ restrict: he was not fettered by tradition.

– origin OE feter, of Gmc origin.

'fetter' also found in these Oxford entries:

catenated - fetterlock - gyve - manacle - shackle

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