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/hˈɑbəl/ Listen

noun

Hobble n.

An unequal gait; a limp; a halt; as, he has a hobble in his gait.

Same as Hopple.

Difficulty; perplexity; embarrassment.

verb

Hobble v. t.

To fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog. " They hobbled their horses."

To perplex; to embarrass.

Hobble v. i. (past & past part. hobbled; pres. part. hobbling)

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."

To move roughly or irregularly; said of style in writing. "The hobbling versification, the mean diction."

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Etymology of 'Hobble'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Hobble" Quotes from Famous Books

... only kids—they can't help it," offered Buck. "Didn't they hobble my cayuse when I was on him an' ...

— Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up - Bar-20 • Clarence Edward Mulford

... informed, that there is still a considerable hitch or hobble in your enunciation; and that when you speak fast you sometimes speak unintelligibly. I have formerly and frequently laid my thoughts before you so fully upon this subject, that I can say nothing ...

— The PG Edition of Chesterfield's Letters to His Son • The Earl of Chesterfield

... f'r th' boss to sind f'r 'em. An' s'posin' a wake wint by befoor th' boss c'd sind a man down to look up th' team he'd sint f'r a cook, wid orders to hurry back. An' s'posin' he found th' bum-legged driver froze shtiff on th' tote-road phwere he'd made out to hobble a few moiles on his crutch—phwat thin? Why, th' man was a greener, an', not knowin' how to handle th' team, ...

— The Promise - A Tale of the Great Northwest • James B. Hendryx

... fooils 'at it's hard to tell which is th' warst, an' th' best on us do fooilish things at times. It's varry fooilish for a young chap at's a paand a wick to live at th' rate o' twenty-five shillin', for hahivver clivver he may be at figures he'll be sure to find hissen in a hobble befoor long. Aw once knew a chap they called "Gentleman Dick:" he wor nobbut a warp dresser, but to see him ov a neet, when he wor donned up an' walking throo th' streets twirlin' his cane, yo'd ha' taen him to be a gentleman's son at th' varry leeast. Fowk 'at knew him ...

— Yorksher Puddin' - A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the - Pen of John Hartley • John Hartley

... indications he receives from the rider, is an admirable practice for a lady. An occasional race—who can canter slowest—is also good practice both for horse and rider. This must not be often repeated, nor must the horse be forced from a fair canter into a hobble or amble. Parade riders are too apt to be contented with wooden paces provided they are short. This is very vicious. Really to collect himself, a horse must bend himself. We cannot too often ...

— Hints on Horsemanship, to a Nephew and Niece - or, Common Sense and Common Errors in Common Riding • George Greenwood

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