Hobble Synonyms & Definitions

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• HobbleDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) An unequal gait; a limp; a halt; as, he has a hobble in his gait.
2. (n.) Same as Hopple.
3. (v. t.) To fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog.
4. (v. t.) To perplex; to embarrass.
5. (n.) Difficulty; perplexity; embarrassment.
6. (n. i.) To move roughly or irregularly; -- said of style in writing.
7. (n. i.) To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches.

• HobblerDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) One who by his tenure was to maintain a horse for military service; a kind of light horseman in the Middle Ages who was mounted on a hobby.
2. (n.) One who hobbles.

• Hobble skirtDefinition & Meaning in English

1. () A womans skirt so scant at the bottom as to restrain freedom of movement after the fashion of a hobble.