ˈtrammeller, -eler rare.
[f. as prec. + -er1. Cf. obs. F. trameilleur a kind of boat (Godef.).]
1. ? A fisherman, or a boat, fishing with a trammel.
| 1363 Ministers Accts. Bundle 1028, No. 15, P.R.O. (Rye), Et de xxx. s. receptis de quadam custuma vocata Cristschar' proveniente de piscaria batellorum..de Matheo Samon pro schar' de tramelers iiii. s. Ibid., De consimili custuma..de Roberto Bernhaud pro schars de tramelers xiii. s. |
2. A fowler using a trammel-net.
| 1581 Act 23 Eliz. c. 10 §6 This Act shall not..extend to Lowebellers, Tramellers or others, whiche shall unwillinglye happen to take any Partridges. 1618 Dalton Countrey Just. 285 To bind trannellers [sic] for larkes, that they shall destroy no partridges. |
3. One who or that which trammels or restrains.
| 1864 in Webster; and in later Dicts. |