tethered

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

tethered
    adj 1: confined or restricted with or as if with a rope or chain

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Tether \Teth"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tethered}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Tethering}.]
   To confine, as an animal, with a long rope or chain, as for
   feeding within certain limits.
   [1913 Webster]

         And by a slender cord was tethered to a stone.
                                                  --Wordsworth.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

35 Moby Thesaurus words for "tethered":
      aground, anchored, bound, caught, chained, fast, fastened,
      fettered, fixed, grounded, hampered, handcuffed, held,
      high and dry, impacted, in bonds, in chains, in irons,
      inextricable, ironbound, jammed, manacled, moored, packed,
      shackled, stranded, strapped, stuck, stuck fast, tied, tied down,
      tied up, trammeled, transfixed, wedged

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