Fettered

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fettered \Fet"tered\, a. (Zool.)
     Seeming as if fettered, as the feet of certain animals which
     bend backward, and appear unfit for walking.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  fettered
       adj : bound by chains fastened around the ankles [syn: {in
             bonds(p)}, {in fetters(p)}, {shackled}]