HAMSTRINGING

Verb

hamstringing

present participle of hamstring

Noun

hamstringing (plural hamstringings)

An instance of somebody being hamstringed.

Anagrams

• naming rights

Source: Wiktionary


HAMSTRING

Ham"string`, n. (Anat.)

Definition: One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or space back of the knee, and connected with the muscles of the back of the thigh.

Ham"string`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hamstrung; p. pr. & vb. n. Hamstringing. See String.]

Definition: To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough; hence, to cripple; to incapacitate; to disable. So have they hamstrung the valor of the subject by seeking to effeminate us all at home. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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