fettered
adjective
[ ˈfɛtəd ]
• restrained with chains or manacles, typically around the ankles.
• "a ragged and fettered prisoner"
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.
