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Definition of Hobbling

Hobbling
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.

Meaning of Hobbling from wikipedia

- custom of hobbling. In Anabasis, Xenophon claims "a Persian army is good for nothing at night. Their horses are haltered, and, as a rule, hobbled as well...
- Look up hobble in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. To hobble means to walk in an impeded manner, as if with a physical disability or injury, or to cause...
- it seemed to hobble any woman as she walked. Hobble skirts were a short-lived fashion trend that peaked between 1908 and 1914. The hobble skirt may have...
- Hobble Cr**** may refer to a location in the U.S. state of Utah: Hobble Cr**** (Utah County, Utah), a tributary of Utah Lake Hobble Cr****, Utah, a census-designated...
- Viburnum lantanoides (commonly known as hobble-bush, witch-hobble, alder-leaved viburnum, American wayfaring tree, and moosewood) is a perennial shrub...
- Hobbles Danayarri (c. 1925 – 24 March 1988) was a Mudburra man, born on Wave Hill Station, and he was a stockman, Aboriginal lawman and community leader...
- A maritime pilot, marine pilot, harbor pilot, port pilot, ship pilot, or simply pilot, is a mariner who has specific knowledge of an often dangerous or...
- The Haber process, also called the Haber–Bosch process, is the main industrial procedure for the production of ammonia. It converts atmospheric nitrogen...
- southeastern United States, with the common names swamp dog-laurel and coastal dog-hobble. It has been reported from Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia...
-  318, 326. Apple, R. W. Jr. (February 10, 1988). "Bush and Simon Seen as Hobbled by Iowa's Voting". The New York Times. Archived from the original on September...