trammeler

English

Alternative forms

• trammeller

Etymology

trammel +‎ -er

Noun

trammeler (plural trammelers)

1. One who uses a trammel net.
   • 1680, Rate of Wages in 1680:

     Every trammeler and cutter of haffe and didallers finding themselves with netts, coats, and tools shall have and take by the day, with meat and drinke 6d. both in winter and summer

2. One who, or that which, trammels or restrains.

References

• “trammeler”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.