fettered

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fettered - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Fettered \Fet"tered\, a. (Zool.)
     Seeming as if fettered, as the feet of certain animals which
     bend backward, and appear unfit for walking.
     [1913 Webster]

fettered - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  fettered
      adj 1: bound by chains fastened around the ankles [syn:
             fettered, shackled]