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Definition
to restrain or hinder
or more archaically:
a shackle for the ankles
or more archaically:
a shackle for the ankles
- Arm you, I pray you, to this speedy voyage;
For we will fetters put upon this fear,
Which now goes too free-footed.3.3 — Act 3 Scene 3 — A room in the Castle (25% in)
fetters = shackles (chains to bind the ankles)
There are no more uses of "fetter" in Hamlet, Prince of Denmark.
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