Meaning of HOBBLE
| Pronunciation: | | 'hâbul
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- [n] the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg
- [n] a shackle for the ankles or feet
- [v] strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the like-sided legs moving in unison; of race horses
- [v] walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury; "The old woman hobbles down to the store every day."
- [v] hamper the action or progress of;"The chairman was hobbled by the all-powerful dean"
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| | Synonyms: | | fetter, hitch, hitch, hopple, limp, limp |
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| | See Also: | | bond, gait, hamper, hinder, impede, shackle, strap, trammel, trammels, walk | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Hob"ble\, n. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hobbled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Hobbling}.] [OE. hobelen, hoblen, freq. of hoppen to hop;
akin to D. hobbelen, hoblen, hoppeln. See {Hop} to jump, and
cf. {Hopple} ]
1. To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk with a
hitch or hop, or with crutches.
The friar was hobbling the same way too. --Dryden.
2. To move roughly or irregularly; -- said of style in
writing. --Prior.
The hobbling versification, the mean diction.
--Jeffreys.
\Hob"ble\, v. t.
1. To fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog. `` They
hobbled their horses.'' --Dickens
2. To perplex; to embarrass.
\Hob"ble\, n.
1. An unequal gait; a limp; a halt; as, he has a hobble in
his gait. --Swift.
2. Same as {Hopple}.
3. Difficulty; perplexity; embarrassment. --Waterton.
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