fetter
noun
[ ˈfɛtə ]
• a chain or manacle used to restrain a prisoner, typically placed around the ankles.
• "he lay bound with fetters of iron"
Similar:
shackles,
manacles,
handcuffs,
irons,
leg irons,
chains,
bonds,
tethers,
ropes,
restraints,
cuffs,
bracelets,
trammels,
gyves,
darbies,
bilboes,
fetter
verb
• restrain with chains or manacles, typically around the ankles.
• "there were no chains immediately available to fetter the prisoners"
Similar:
shackle,
manacle,
handcuff,
clap in irons,
put in chains,
chain (up),
bind,
tie (up),
tether,
rope,
hobble,
secure,
restrain,
cuff,
enfetter,
gyve,
Origin:
Old English feter, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch veter ‘a lace’, from an Indo-European root shared by foot.
