The Only Use
fetter
in
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
(Edited)
- Arm you, I pray you, to this speedy voyage;
For we will fetters put upon this fear,
Which now goes too free-footed.Scene 3.3fetters = shackles (chains to bind the ankles)
Definitions:
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(1)
(fetter) to restrain or hinder
or more archaically:
a shackle for the ankles - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)