hobble /hobˈl/

1. To walk with short unsteady steps
2. To walk awkwardly
3. (of action, verse, speech, etc) to move irregularly

1. To fasten the legs of (a horse) loosely together
2. To hamper
3. To perplex

1. An awkward hobbling gait
2. A difficulty, a scrape (archaic)
3. Anything used to hamper the feet of an animal, a clog or fetter

hobbˈler noun

1. Someone who hobbles
2. An unlicensed pilot, a casual labourer in docks, etc
3. A man who tows a canal-boat with a rope

hobbˈling noun

hobbˈlingly adverb

hobbˈle-bush noun

The N American wayfaring tree (Viburnum alnifolium), a small shrub with white flowers and straggling branches that impede movement among them

hobble skirt noun

A narrow skirt that hampers walking

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