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Fetters Fet Er Noun A Chain Shackle Feet 2. Usually Confines

Back fetter /fet-er/
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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