n Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, as a net or shackle.
n A fishingnet that has large mesh at the edges and smaller mesh in the middle
n A set of rings or other hanging devices, attached to a transverse bar suspended over a fire, used to hang cooking pots etc.
n A net for confining a woman's hair.
n A kind of shackle used for regulating the motions of a horse and making him amble.
n (engineering) An instrument for drawing ellipses, one part of which consists of a cross with two grooves at right angles to each other, the other being a beam carrying two pins (which slide in those grooves), and also the describing pencil.