Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Hamble

Hamble (ham"b'l) , transitive verb

[Old English hamelen to mutilate, Anglo-Saxon hamelian; akin to Old High German hamalōn to mutilate, hamal mutilated, ham mutilated, Icelandic hamla to mutilate. Compare Hamper to fetter.]

To hamstring. [Obsolete]