'trammeled' in The Making of the English Working Class

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(verb) to catch or hold in or as if in a net; enmesh / (verb) to prevent or impede the free play of; confine

To the founding fathers of the United States, breaking free from the trammels of precedent, it seemed sufficient to find certain truths ‘self-evident’.

—p.84 The Free-born Englishman (77) by E.P. Thompson

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trammeled (en)

The Making of the English Working Class
by E.P. Thompson

The Making of the English Working Class
by E.P. Thompson

The Making of the English Working Class
by E.P. Thompson

trammeled (en)

The Making of the English Working Class by E.P. Thompson

The Making of the English Working Class by E.P. Thompson

The Making of the English Working Class by E.P. Thompson

The Making of the English Working Class
by E.P. Thompson

The Making of the English Working Class
by E.P. Thompson

The Making of the English Working Class
by E.P. Thompson