D defs.my
Entry 7 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Hobble

/häb'-əl/ · Hob·ble · IPA /ˈhɒbəl/
01 v. i. To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches.
imp. & p. p. Hobbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hobbling
  1. 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. 2.
    To move roughly or irregularly; -- said of style in writing.
    “The hobbling versification, the mean diction.” — Jeffreys.
02 v. t. To fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog.
  1. 1.
    To fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog.
  2. 2.
    To perplex; to embarrass.
03 n. An unequal gait; a limp; a halt; as, he has a hobble in his gait.
  1. 1.
    An unequal gait; a limp; a halt; as, he has a hobble in his gait.
  2. 2.
    Same as Hopple. See: Hopple
  3. 3.
    Difficulty; perplexity; embarrassment.