All 5 Uses of
fetter
in
The Prince and The Pauper
- Even the two hours devoted to certain princely pastimes and recreations were rather a burden to him than otherwise, they were so fettered by restrictions and ceremonious observances.†
Chpt 15fettered = restrained or hindered
- Then he struggled again to free himself—turning and twisting himself this way and that; tugging frantically, fiercely, desperately—but uselessly—to burst his fetters; and all the while the old ogre smiled down upon him, and nodded his head, and placidly whetted his knife; mumbling, from time to time, "The moments are precious, they are few and precious—pray the prayer for the dying!"†
Chpt 21fetters = restrains or hinders OR shackles for the ankles
- With unutterable misery the fettered little King heard the voices and footsteps fade away and die out.†
Chpt 21 *fettered = restrained or hindered
- I, who am his fettered slave, know this.†
Chpt 26
- They had company, for there were some twenty manacled and fettered prisoners here, of both sexes and of varying ages,—an obscene and noisy gang.†
Chpt 27
Definition:
to restrain or hinder
or more archaically:
a shackle for the ankles
or more archaically:
a shackle for the ankles