n. [ AS. fetor, feter; akin to OS. feterōs, pl., OD. veter, OHG. fezzera, Icel. fjöturr, L. pedica, Gr.
[ They ] bound him with fetters of brass. Judg. xvi. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]
Passion's too fierce to be in fetters bound. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Fettered p. pr. & vb. n. Fettering. ]
My heels are fettered, but my fist is free. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
My conscience! thou art fettered
More than my shanks and wrists. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
a. (Zool.) Seeming as if fettered, as the feet of certain animals which bend backward, and appear unfit for walking. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who fetters. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Free from fetters. Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]