Hobble
Hobble , intransitive verb
[Old English hobelen, hoblen, freq. of hoppen to hop; akin to Dutch hobbelen, hoblen, hoppeln. See Hop to jump, and compare 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.
2.
To move roughly or irregularly; -- said of style in writing. — Prior
The hobbling versification, the mean diction.
Hobble , transitive verb
1.
To fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog.
They hobbled their horses.
2.
To perplex; to embarrass.
Hobble , noun
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