noun anything that confines or restrains; a restraint.
2. fetter ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. to put fetters upon; to shackle or confine the feet of with a chain; to bind.
3. fetter ·noun 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.
4. fetter ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. to restrain from motion; to impose restraints on; to confine; to enchain; as, fettered by obligations.