noun
A device, usually one of a pair of rings connected to a chain, that is attached to the ankles or feet to restrict movement.
Something that serves to restrict; a restraint.
"the fetters of tyranny."
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.
Similar: bondshackle
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Ah, our controlled fetterman.
Fetter /fĕt′ər/
noun A device, usually one of a pair of rings connected to a chain, that is attached to the ankles or feet to restrict movement. Something that serves to restrict; a restraint. "the fetters of tyranny." 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.
Similar: bondshackle
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