hough-bandn.

Forms: In Sc. also hoch-ban'.

‘A band which confines one of the legs of a restless animal; it passes round the neck and one of the legs’ ( Gallovid. Encycl. 1824).

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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > hobble or fetter

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pastern1284

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curb1477

hough-band1568

foot widdy1569

curble1598

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hopple1641

twitchel1689

collaring1692

hobble1744

sideline1803

hog-tie1902

pigging-string1924

1568 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlvi. 12 Gar heiss hir quhill hir howbandis skaill.

1686 G. Stuart Joco-serious Disc. 14 Nae hough-bands now for Godly helping.

Derivatives

hough-band v. (transitive) ‘to tie a band round the hough of a cow, or horse, to prevent it from straying’ (Jamieson); figurative to confine, put restraint upon, coerce.

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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > restriction of free action > restrict in free action [verb (transitive)]

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hamper?a1366

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prison?a1425

tether?a1505

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strait1533

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measure1560

shacklea1568

to tie up1570

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straitena1586

hopple1586

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strait-lace1662

perstringe1679

hough-band1688

cabin1780

pin1795

strait jacket1814

peg1832

befetter1837

to tie the hands of1866

corset1935

society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > restrict or limit [verb (transitive)] > in free action

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