Found 3 items, similar to Hobbling.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: hobble
mendengklangkan, mengikat kaki
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: hobble
hobble
v 1: walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury;
“The old
woman hobbles down to the store every day” [syn:
limp,
hitch]
2: hamper the action or progress of;
“The chairman was hobbled
by the all-powerful dean”
3: strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a
horse) in order to keep the like-sided legs moving in
unison;
“hobble race horses” [syn:
hopple]
hobble
n 1: a shackle for the ankles or feet [syn:
fetter]
2: the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured
leg [syn:
hitch,
limp]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Hobbling
Hobble
\Hob"ble\, v. 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.
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The friar was hobbling the same way too. --Dryden.
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2. To move roughly or irregularly; -- said of style in
writing. --Prior.
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The hobbling versification, the mean diction.
--Jeffreys.
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