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1 fetter
1. noun1) (shackle) Fußfessel, die2. transitive verbfesseln; (fig.) hemmen [Fortschritt, Entwicklung]* * *['fetə] 1. noun(a chain that holds the foot or feet of a prisoner, animal etc to prevent running away: The prisoner was in fetters.) die Fessel2. verb(to fasten with a fetter: She fettered the horse.) fesseln* * *fet·ter[ˈfetəʳ, AM -ɚ]vt usu passive▪ to \fetter sb1. (chain) jdn fesselnto \fetter a horse ein Pferd anbindento be \fettered by superstition im Aberglauben befangen sein* * *['fetə(r)]1. vtprisoner fesseln; goat anpflocken; (fig) in Fesseln legen2. nfetters pl — (Fuß)fesseln pl; (fig) Fesseln pl
to put a prisoner in fetters — einen Gefangenen in Fesseln legen
* * *fetter [ˈfetə(r)]A s1. Fußfessel f2. pl fig Fesseln pl:escape from the fetters of marriage sich aus den Fesseln der Ehe befreienB v/t1. jemandem Fußfesseln anlegen2. fig behindern* * *1. noun1) (shackle) Fußfessel, die2. transitive verbfesseln; (fig.) hemmen [Fortschritt, Entwicklung]* * *n.Fessel -n f. v.fesseln v.
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