knebeln.
to gag (tie a piece of cloth around someone’s mouth to prevent them from shouting)
Meaning & usage
to gag (tie a piece of cloth around someone’s mouth to prevent them from shouting)
to hog-tie (tie up someone’s arms and legs to prevent them from moving)
to hog-tie; to render helpless; to oppress; to enslave
Where this word comes from
17th century, derived from Knebel, from Middle High German knebel, from Old High German knebil. The word originally meant a stick used to tighten a tie or to bind something to, later also the tie itself. Dutch knevelen shows the same semantic development, being used chiefly for “to gag”, but also in the broader sense “to tie up”.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.