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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fetter \Fet"ter\ (f[e^]t"t[~e]r), noun [AS. fetor, feter; akin to OS. feter[=o]s, pl., OD. veter, OHG. fezzera, Icel. fj["o]turr, L. pedica, Gr. pe'dh, and to E. foot. [root] 77. See {Foot}.] [Chiefly used in the plural, {fetters}.]
1. A chain or shackle for the feet; a chain by which an animal is confined by the foot, either made fast or disabled from free and rapid motion; a bond; a shackle.
[They] bound him with fetters of brass. --Judg. xvi. 21.
2. Anything that confines or restrains; a restraint.
Passion's too fierce to be in fetters bound. --Dryden.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fetter \Fet"ter\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Fettered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fettering}.]
1. To put fetters upon; to shackle or confine the feet of with a chain; to bind.
My heels are fettered, but my fist is free. --Milton.
2. To restrain from motion; to impose restraints on; to confine; to enchain; as, fettered by obligations.
My conscience! thou art fettered More than my shanks and wrists. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
fetter
noun: a shackle for the ankles or feet [syn: {hobble}]
verb: restrain with fetters [syn: {shackle}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
119 Moby Thesaurus words for "fetter": Oregon boat, anchor, arrest, bearing rein, bilbo, bind, bit, bond, bonds, brake, bridle, burden, camisole, chain, chains, check, checkrein, chock, clog, collar, countercheck, cramp, cripple, cuffs, cumber, curb, curb bit, damper, doorstop, drag, drag sail, drift anchor, drift sail, drogue, embarrass, enchain, encumber, enmesh, ensnarl, entangle, entoil, entrammel, entrap, entwine, fasten, gag, gyve, gyves, halter, hamper, hamstring, handcuff, handcuffs, handicap, harness, hitch up, hobble, hobbles, hog-tie, holdback, hook up, hopple, hopples, impede, involve, irons, lame, lash, leading strings, leash, lime, lumber, make fast, manacle, martingale, moor, muzzle, net, peg down, pelham, picket, pillory, pin down, pinion, press down, put in irons, reins, remora, restrain, restraint, restraints, rope, saddle, saddle with, scotch, sea anchor, secure, shackle, snaffle, snarl, spoke, stay, stocks, stop, straightjacket, strait-waistcoat, straitjacket, stranglehold, strap, tangle, tether, tie, tie down, tie up, toil, trammel, trammels, weigh down, yoke
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