To trap or restrain within a net, or to restrict someone's freedom or ability to move or act.
From 'en-' (in) + 'trammel' (a fishing net or restriction), from Old French 'tramail.' Used metaphorically since the 1600s to describe being trapped or constrained.
Shakespeare used 'entrammel' to describe souls trapped in bodies and love trapped in hearts—it's a poetic word for being caught in something you can't escape from.
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