meaning of fetter
1. 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.
2. Anything that confines or restrains; a restraint.
3. To put fetters upon; to shackle or confine the feet of with a chain; to bind.
4. To restrain from motion; to impose restraints on; to confine; to enchain; as, fettered by obligations.
Related Words
fetter | fettered | fetterer | fetterless | fetters |
