verb
- restricting or hindering the freedom of action or movement of someone or something
Usage: present participle of trammel; formal
Examples
- The new regulations are trammelling small businesses.
- She felt the strict rules were trammelling her creativity.
- Bureaucratic procedures are trammelling the project’s progress.
- The heavy armor was trammelling the knight’s movement.
- Traditional expectations were trammelling her career ambitions.
- The fishing net was trammelling the dolphin’s escape.