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Meanings of fetter in English

Portuguese
ferros
Catalan
grillons

A shackle for the ankles or feet.

ferros
Portuguese
acorrentar
Catalan
emmanillar

Restrain with fetters.

acorrentar
Synonyms
Examples for "shackle"
Examples for "shackle"
1
To these people I say: Getting out of bed is a shackle.
Gunn's golden rules
2
Skylan had feared the soldiers of Oran would try to shackle Wulfe.
Secret of the Dragon
3
I would never let myself be his shackle- Ilovedhim too much.
The lost girls: three friends. four continents. one unconvention...
4
Her light touch on his arm was the very shackle of fate.
Up the Hill and Over
5
Who dares frame it in fear, or shackle it in invented proscriptions?
Forge of Darkness
Usage of fetter in English
1
Perhaps it is the little fetter that seals my engagement to him.
Molly Bawn
2
Countess, I never felt the grasp of that iron fetter until now.
The Strong Arm
3
I pray now to Thor and to Odin, who can fetter Loki.
The Moon Pool
4
Accept nothing however pleasant, if it conceals a fetter into thy Soul.
The Doctrine and Practice of Yoga / Including the Practices and ...
5
As much as she loved to fetter she hated to be fettered.
In the Wilderness
6
And now she wore a fetter, albeit of gold, on her hand.
The Canadian / Photoplay title of The Land of Promise
7
Could the Dwarfs be got to make the fetter to bind Fenrir?
The Children of Odin: The Book of Northern Myths
8
Who will put a fetter upon the thousand necks of this animal?
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None
9
Bind, fetter, hold him; or his assistant fiends will release him still!
The Vale of Cedars; Or, The Martyr
10
Mark had fetter ask Bonner to tell about Godfrey of Bouillon.
Cities in Flight
11
To him the difficult fetter is the condition of an interior range immeasurable.
The Spirit of Place, and Other Essays
12
The entente cordiale is simply a fetter and a dead weight upon you.
Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo
13
Quietly unclasping the fetter, he removed it from his ankle, and stood free.
In Clive's Command: A Story of the Fight for India
14
A servile people are slaves by habit, and habit is the only fetter.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 / Little J...
15
What business has he to go and fetter himself with a wife again.
East Lynne
16
All the same, darling, I shall never want to fetter you.
Dangerous Ages
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Translations for fetter
Fetter through the time
Fetter across language varieties
United Kingdom
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