Back | fetter /fet-er/ |
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Front | noun 1. A chain or shackle placed on the feet. 2. Usually, fetters. Anything that confines or restrains: Boredom puts fetters upon the imagination. verb (used with object) 3. To put fetters upon. 4. To confine; restrain. [before 900; Middle English, Old English feter; cognate with Old High German fezzera, Old Norse fjǫturr; akin to foot] |
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