hamstring : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hamstring	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for hamstring
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hamstring n one of the tendons at the back of the knee [syn: hamstring, hamstring tendon] v make ineffective or powerless; "The teachers were hamstrung by the overly rigid schedules" cripple by cutting the hamstring
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hamstring \Ham"string`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hamstrung}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hamstringing}. See {String}.] To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough; hence, to cripple; to incapacitate; to disable. So have they hamstrung the valor of the subject by seeking to effeminate us all at home. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hamstring \Ham"string`\, n. (Anat.) One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or space back of the knee, and connected with the muscles of the back of the thigh.