D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Fettered

/fĕt'-ẽrd/ · Fet·tered · IPA /ˈfɛtɚd/
01 a. Seeming as if fettered, as the feet of certain animals which bend backward, and appear unfit for walking.
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    Seeming as if fettered, as the feet of certain animals which bend backward, and appear unfit for walking.(Zool.)