verb
- restricting or impeding the freedom of movement or action of someone or something
Usage: present participle of trammel
Examples
- The new regulations are trammeling small businesses.
- She felt the strict rules were trammeling her creativity.
- The heavy snow was trammeling traffic throughout the city.
- Bureaucratic procedures are trammeling the project’s progress.
- The tight schedule is trammeling our ability to do quality work.
- Traditional expectations were trammeling her career ambitions.