trammel

1.) a) a fishing net consisting of two outer layers of coarse mesh and a loosely hung middle layer of fine mesh b) a fowling net: also trammel net 2.) a king of shackle for a horse, esp. one to teach ambling 3.) [usually pl.] something that confines, restrains, or shackles 4.) a device with links or openings at different heights for hanging a pothook in a fireplace 5.) an instrument for drawing ellipses 6.) any of several devices for adjusting or aligning parts of a machine

Monkey House, pg. 107 1968HC

CURSE YOU, KURT VONNEGUT! A POX UPON YOUR ESSAY ABOUT DICTIONARIES, AND A PLAGUE ON MY OWN CURIOSITY AND BLOODY-MINDEDNESS!
[(6-23-05 1:54pm) Please keep in mind that all of this is hand-written first. The last three words came from one sentence, in which Vonnegut listed words he'd looked up in his dictionary. I could have cheated and pretended I knew them all, but I didn't. Dammit.]