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- n a fishing net with three layers; the outer two are coarse mesh and the loose inner layer is fine mesh
- n an adjustable pothook set in a fireplace
- n a restraint that is used to teach a horse to amble
- n a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
- v catch in or as if in a trap
- v place limits on (extent or access)
- No such precepts trammel Thornton Wilder, apparently indifferent to getting his point across.
- Brennan argued that the plan, like that in Weber, did not "unnecessarily trammel" the interests of whites by creating an absolute bar to their employment.
- The court did set up some general ground rules for affirmative-action plans: they should be limited in duration and not "unnecessarily trammel" the rights of white workers.