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Definition of Trammels
1. trammel [v] - See also: trammel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trammels
Literary usage of Trammels
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1875)
"THE trammels OF POETIC EXPRESSION. BY ARTHUR CLIVE. GREAT American poet has
refused to employ the conventional medium of modern poetic expression. ..."
2. Ceylon: An Account of the Island Physical, Historical and Topographical by James Emerson Tennent (1859)
"... the painters of the Greek church, to the present hour, labour under the
identical trammels which crippled art at Constantinople a thousand years ago. ..."
3. The Fisheries Exhibition Literature (1884)
"trammels OR SET-NETS. 399 only a certain quantity of fish shall pass out at once.
... trammels OR SET-NETS. Although the nets we are now going to speak of ..."
4. Recollections of the Life of John O'Keeffe by John O'Keeffe (1826)
"William Lewis: trammels in Ireland. — Premature deaths. — Vauxhall. —Parsons.
— Mrs. Cowley.—Gilbert Mahon.— Thomas Carter.—Daniel O'Keeffe.— Baddeley. ..."
5. Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of the Commonwealth of by Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention, Pennsylvania, John Agg (1838)
"They press against these ancient institutions, and burst from the trammels they
have imposed upon them. The history of the judicial tenure in this country ..."
6. Women Artists in All Ages and Countries by Elizabeth Fries Ellet (1859)
"Release of Painting from her trammels.—Severer Studies necessary for Artists.—Woman
excluded from the Pursuit.—Patronage sought. ..."
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