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Webster 1828 Edition


Fettering

FET'TERING

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ppr.
Binding or fastening by the feet with a chain; confining; restraining motion.

Definition 2024


fettering

fettering

English

Verb

fettering

  1. present participle of fetter

Noun

fettering (plural fetterings)

  1. The act by which something is fettered or constricted.
    • 2003, Marva J. Dawn, Unfettered Hope (page xii)
      Through this book's exploration of various kinds of fetterings and of one method for thinking beyond them, I want to demonstrate the unique and unfettered hope of the Christian faith.