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
Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, such as a net or shackle.
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.
To entangle, as in a net.
To confine; to hamper; to shackle.
The removal of a block or blockage.
To remove or clear a block or obstruction from.
In whist, to throw away a high card so as not to interrupt one's partner's long suit.
To free or make available.
To enable communication again, via telephone, instant messaging, etc., with (somebody previously blocked).