trammel
Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, such as a net or shackle.
[They] disclaim the trammels of any sordid contract.
A fishing net that has large mesh at the edges and smaller mesh in the middle.
A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey.
The tuck carrieth a like fashion , save that it is narrower meshed , and ( therefore scarce lawful ) with a long bunt in the midst : the trammel differeth not much from the shape of this bunt, and serveth to such use as the wear and haking.
1633,A vertical bar with several notches or chain of rings suspended over a fire, used to hang cooking pots by a hook which has an easily adjustable height.
Where it comes from
From Middle English trameyle, from Old French tramail (“net for catching fish”), from Late Latin tremaculum, from tri- (“tri-”) + macula (“spot, speck; mesh, cell”). Cognate with Italian tramaglio (“trammel”), Spanish trasmallo (“drift net”).
Adapted from the Wiktionary entry trammel (CC BY-SA 4.0).