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English Dictionary: hobble by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hobble
n
  1. a shackle for the ankles or feet
    Synonym(s): fetter, hobble
  2. the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg
    Synonym(s): hitch, hobble, limp
v
  1. walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury; "The old woman hobbles down to the store every day"
    Synonym(s): limp, gimp, hobble, hitch
  2. hamper the action or progress of; "The chairman was hobbled by the all-powerful dean"
  3. strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the legs on the same side moving in unison; "hobble race horses"
    Synonym(s): hopple, hobble
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hobble \Hob"ble\, v. t.
      1. To fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog. [bd] They
            hobbled their horses.[b8] --Dickens
  
      2. To perplex; to embarrass.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hobble \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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hobble \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.
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