entrammel, v.
(ɛnˈtræməl)
Also 7 entramel.
[f. en-1 + trammel.]
trans. a. To put into trammels or nets. Only fig. To entangle, fetter, hamper. † b. ? To bind, plait (the hair) (obs.).
Hence † enˈtrammelled ppl. a.; also † enˈtrammelling vbl. n.
1598 Florio, Lucignoli..entramelings or curlings of haires wrought and enterlaced togither with ribands. 1603 ― Montaigne iii. v. (1632) 492 They ensnared, glewed, entrameled, haltred and shackled themselves. 1611 Cotgr., Passe-fillons..any frizled lockes, or entrammelled tufts of haire. a 1670 Hacket Abp. Williams i. (1692) 104 Entramell'd with fictions and ignorance. 1841 Fraser's Mag. XXIII. 278 To thee alone can I entrust the duty of entrammelling and fettering this bold spirit. 1880 F. Hueffer in Macm. Mag. Nov. 45 Twanging his guitar with no..rule to entrammel his passionate effusion. |