# tramel

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A net over a river to catch fish.
2. An instrument or device, sometimes of leather, more usually of rope, fitted to a horse's legs to regulate his motions and force him to amble.
3. Obsolete spelling of trammel.

## Etymology
From French tramail (“net for catching fishes”), from Medieval Latin tremaculum.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/tramel