FETTER


Meaning of FETTER in English

■ noun a chain or shackle placed around a prisoner's ankles.

↘a restraint or check.

■ verb restrain with ~s.

↘restrict: he was not ~ed by tradition.

Origin

OE feter , of Gmc origin.

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