The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fetter \Fet"ter\ (f[e^]t"t[~e]r), n. [AS. fetor, feter; akin to
   OS. feter[=o]s, pl., OD. veter, OHG. fezzera, Icel.
   fj["o]turr, L. pedica, Gr. pe`dh, 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.
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            [They] bound him with fetters of brass. --Judg. xvi.
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   2. Anything that confines or restrains; a restraint.
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            Passion's too fierce to be in fetters bound.
                                                  --Dryden.
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