(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.

present participle of fetter

The act by which something is fettered or constricted.

simple past tense and past participle of fetter

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

plural of fetter

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fetter

plural of fettering

plural of Fetter