fetter
noun
a chain or shackle placed on the feet.
was fettering
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past progressiveof fetter.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Like the present conflict, that was one between an old and firmly rooted principle that had outlived most of its usefulness and was fettering liberty, and a new principle that meant emancipation.
From The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 by Various
He was putting Harry Wethermill upon his guard, he was immobilising him, he was fettering him in precautions; with a subtle skill he was forcing him to isolate himself.
From At the Villa Rose by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
