\Fet"ter\, n. [AS. fetor, feter; akin to OS. feter?s,
pl., OD. veter, OHG. fezzera, Icel. fj["o]turr, L. pedi?a,
Gr. ?, and to E. foot. [root] 77. See {Foot}.] [Chiefly used
in the plural, {fetters}.]
1. A chain or shackle for the feet; a chain by which an
   animal is confined by the foot, either made fast or
   disabled from free and rapid motion; a bond; a shackle.
         [They] bound him with fetters of brass. --Judg. xvi.
                                               21.
2. Anything that confines or restrains; a restraint.
         Passion's too fierce to be in fetters bound.
                                               --Dryden.

\Fet"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fettered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Fettering}.]
1. To put fetters upon; to shackle or confine the feet of
   with a chain; to bind.
         My heels are fettered, but my fist is free.
                                               --Milton.
2. To restrain from motion; to impose restraints on; to
   confine; to enchain; as, fettered by obligations.
         My conscience! thou art fettered More than my shanks
         and wrists.                           --Shak.