clog vs trammel

clog

noun
  • That which hinders or impedes motion; an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment of any kind. 

  • A type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole sometimes with an open heel. 

  • A blockage. 

  • A weight, such as a log or block of wood, attached to a person or animal to hinder motion. 

  • A shoe of any type. 

verb
  • To block or slow passage through (often with 'up'). 

  • To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex. 

  • To enforce a mortgage lender right that prevents a borrower from exercising a right to redeem. 

  • To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper. 

  • To perform a clog dance. 

trammel

noun
  • Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, such as a net or shackle. 

  • A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey. 

  • A net for confining a woman's hair. 

  • A kind of shackle used for regulating the motions of a horse and making it amble. 

  • A fishing net that has large mesh at the edges and smaller mesh in the middle 

  • A set of rings or other hanging devices, attached to a transverse bar suspended over a fire, used to hang cooking pots etc. 

  • An instrument for drawing ellipses, one part of which consists of a cross with two grooves at right angles to each other, the other being a beam carrying two pins (which slide in those grooves), and also the describing pencil. 

  • A beam compass. 

verb
  • To entangle, as in a net. 

  • To confine; to hamper; to shackle. 

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