(transitive) To shackle or bind up with fetters. / (transitive) To restrain or impede; to hamper.

A chain or similar object used to bind a person or animal – often by its legs (usually in plural). / (figuratively) Anything that restricts or restrains.

One who fetters.

plural of fetterer

simple past tense and past participle of fetter

plural of fetter

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fetter

Bound by chains or shackles. / (by extension) Restricted. / (zoology) Of the feet: bent backward and apparently unfit for walking.

present participle of fetter

The act by which something is fettered or constricted.