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.-anything that confines or restrains; a restraint.-to put fetters upon; to shackle or confine the feet of with a chain; to bind.-to restrain from motion; to impose restraints on; to confine; to enchain; as, fettered by obligations.