n.pL 1 rails for a tramcar. 2 colloq. pair of long parallel lines at the sides of a tennis or badminton court. trammel f trffim(a)1/ n. 1 (usu. in pl.) impediment; hindrance (trammels of domesticity). 2 triple dragnet for fishing. v. (11; US 1) hamper. [medieval Latin tremaculum]
