Trammels meaning : Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, such as a net or shackle. A fishing net that has large mesh at the edges and smaller mesh in the middle A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey. A set of rings or other hanging devices, attached to a transverse bar suspended over a fire, used to hang cooking pots etc. A net for confining a woman's hair. A kind of shackle used for regulating the motions of a horse and making it amble. An instrument for drawing ellipses, one part of which consists of a cross with two grooves at right angles to each other, the other being a beam carrying two pins (which slide in those grooves), and also the describing pencil. A beam compass.