1. to restrict or impede someone’s freedom of action or movement
Usage: past tense and past participle of trammel; British spelling; American spelling is ‘trammeled’

Examples

• The new regulations trammelled the company’s ability to expand overseas.
• She felt trammelled by the strict rules of the boarding school.
• His creativity was trammelled by budget constraints.
• The artist refused to be trammelled by traditional techniques.
• Heavy bureaucracy trammelled the relief efforts.
• The team’s progress was trammelled by lack of resources.