v. Simple past tense and past participle of fetter.
adj. Bound by chains or shackles
adj. Restricted
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Seeming as if fettered, as the feet of certain animals which bend backward, and appear unfit for walking.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
In zoology, having the feet stretched backward and apparently unfit for the purpose of walking, as in the seal, or concealed within the integuments of the abdomen.
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adj. bound by chains fastened around the ankles
Word Usage
"The spluttering defensiveness, the creepy vindictiveness, all signs of a brain fettered with incipient rot."