Noun : the trammels of custom. From Dictionary.com.
Both of us have an interest in untrammelled international trade. From Wordnik.com. [Britain, Canada, Europe and the Atlantic Community] Reference
Mr. Costello had a degree in business studies and 'untrammelled' was one of his favourite words. From Wordnik.com. [Piranha to Scurfy & Other Stories]
But the Publishers Association (PA) claims that "untrammelled" remote lending of digital books could pose a "serious threat" to publishers 'commercial activities. From Wordnik.com. [Ebook restrictions leave libraries facing virtual lockout] Reference
But the Publishers Association (PA) claims that "untrammelled" remote lending of digital books could pose a "serious threat" to publishers' commercial activities. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
He could forge ahead untrammelled by anxiety and worry. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
So I think it would appear to any mind untrammelled by tradition. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Final Victory] Reference
Princess, she being perfectly free and untrammelled, or that Colonel. From Wordnik.com. [The Mystery of a Turkish Bath] Reference
Let those who are untrammelled then, pass out into the sunshine of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Treasury of Ancient Egypt Miscellaneous Chapters on Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology] Reference
The warrior-farmer was untrammelled by red tape -- unwearied by routine. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
And Barry gave him silent thanks, untrammelled in his command of the unequal fight. From Wordnik.com. [Gold Out of Celebes] Reference
Then they were free, and governed themselves according to their untrammelled intent. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862] Reference
This picture is considered a bolder and more untrammelled composition than the other. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics] Reference
As may be supposed, where licence was untrammelled, there was much needless slaughter. From Wordnik.com. [Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac] Reference
Polly looked toward the untrammelled life we hoped to lead with as great pleasure as I. From Wordnik.com. [The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm] Reference
As soon as possible I started to get away, to leave Sherman quite free and untrammelled. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Lorne found London editors surprisingly unbiased, London newspapers surprisingly untrammelled. From Wordnik.com. [The Imperialist] Reference
She kept herself untrammelled in the matter of dress that she might be ready for any emergency. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary] Reference
Letchworth, Herts, it is possible to erect buildings with sound materials untrammelled by by-laws. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
Actually, Kitty had consented because she considered that the longer Nan could lead an untrammelled life at. From Wordnik.com. [The Moon out of Reach] Reference
But it is plain to see that the official visit is not so enjoyable as the old untrammelled life in the Peninsula. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864] Reference
It is in the pastoral lyric where, with tenderest devotion, he pursues, untrammelled, a light and free-born fancy. From Wordnik.com. [Pastoral Poems by Nicholas Breton, Selected Poetry by George Wither, and Pastoral Poetry by William Browne (of Tavistock)] Reference
National Guard organizations; untrammelled facilities for training, in government, state and college institutions. From Wordnik.com. [History of the American Negro in the Great World War His Splendid Record in the Battle Zones of Europe; Including a Resume of His Past Services to his Country in the Wars of the Revolution, of 1812, the War of Rebellion, the Indian Wars on the Frontier, the Spanish-American War, and the Late Imbroglio With Mexico] Reference
The best government is that which governs least, and allows the utmost scope to untrammelled individual enterprise. From Wordnik.com. [Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics] Reference
Drummond, who wore an untrammelled surplice which filled like an agitated sail in his quick tacks from right to left. From Wordnik.com. [The Imperialist] Reference
The Satyrs were a race of woodland spirits, who evidently personified the free, wild, and untrammelled life of the forest. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome] Reference
There were not lacking mean, brutal fellows, whose innate badness had on the untrammelled frontier developed into wickedness. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6] Reference
Italy, under scarcely any control, fostered the love of untrammelled wandering and a marvellous fluency in continental vernaculars. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
"Inaction by Congress," the court held, "is equivalent to a declaration that interstate commerce shall remain free and untrammelled.". From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921] Reference
Prussia was the preferable ally, being a new country, untrammelled by aristocratic ideas, ambitious, military, and eager for domination. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851] Reference
Ah, the beauty of the spring, everywhere confronting him, was in that face also; the joy of a life as yet pure, untainted, and untrammelled. From Wordnik.com. [At the Time Appointed] Reference
"Especially since, if the other shareholders were driven out, News Corporation would for the very first time have untrammelled control of Sky News.". From Wordnik.com. [Rupert Murdoch's BSkyB takeover bid must be challenged – Lord Puttnam] Reference
To be true, renderings can hardly be graceful, and they must lack much of the literary charm which attaches itself to productions which are more untrammelled. From Wordnik.com. [Hymns from the East Being Centos and Suggestions from the Office Books of the Holy Eastern Church] Reference
Perhaps this was a fortunate chance, for the simple remedies ventured upon by the student did no harm, and nature was left untrammelled to wrestle with the disease. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
She was almost boyishly slender in build, and there was a sense of swift vitality about all her movements that reminded one of the free, untrammelled grace of a young panther. From Wordnik.com. [The Vision of Desire] Reference
And the secret of the influence of these men was, that they burst the bonds of art and histrionic trick, and stood before their audience in their untrammelled natural strength. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867] Reference
Her powers of administratrix were untrammelled save in one respect: Octavius Buzzby was to remain in his position as factotum on the Champney estate and adviser for its interests. From Wordnik.com. [Flamsted quarries] Reference
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