Fetter (Verb)
Meaning
Restrain with fetters.
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The sound of clanking metal filled the air as the prisoner was ordered to be fettered and locked away.
- Legend has it that the gods would fetter the damned in chains of unbreakable stone.
- The chains used to fetter her ankles were rusting and looked like they might break at any moment.
- The iron bars were designed to fetter even the strongest of beasts within their cage.
- She was told to fetter the beast by placing a tight muzzle on its snout.