2 uses
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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
- Fines, lost goods, taxes, expenses, loyal charges, salaries, damages, and interests, gehenna, prison, and jail, and fetters with expenses are Christmas spice cake and marchpanes of Saint-John to him!1.6.1 — Vol 1 Bk 6 Chpt 1 — An Impartial Glance at.... (50% in)
- It was more than a chain, more than a fetter, more than a ring of iron, it was a living pair of pincers endowed with intelligence, which emerged from the wall.2.11.1 — Vol 2 Bk 11 Chpt 1 — The Little Shoe (43% in)
There are no more uses of "fetter" in The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Typical Usage
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