ˈtrammelling, -eling, vbl. n.
[f. trammel v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb trammel in various senses. Also attrib. trammelling-net = trammel-net.
1588 Lambarde Eiren. iv. iv. 444 If any person..have taken..any Phesants or Partriches..by lowbelling or tramelling. 1616 Surfl. & Markh. Country Farme 133 To be obserued in the tramelling of Horses. 1688 R. Holme Armoury iii. xxii. (Roxb.) 277/1 A Long Nett, called a Tramelling Nett... The ends are fixed on long poles. 1826 Hone Every-Day Bk. I. 952 The larks..at Dunstable..are usually taken..with trammeling nets. 1866 Daily Tel. 5 Jan. 5/2 Trawling, shrimping, trammelling..methods deprecated by those who don't happen to practise them. |