·noun Anything that confines or restrains; a restraint.
II. Fetter ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. To put fetters upon; to shackle or confine the feet of with a chain; to Bind.
III. Fetter ·noun 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.
IV. Fetter ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. To restrain from motion; to impose restraints on; to Confine; to Enchain; as, fettered by obligations.