HOBBLES
Noun
hobbles
plural of hobble
Verb
hobbles
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hobble
Anagrams
• hobbels
Source: Wiktionary
HOBBLE
Hob"ble, n. i. [imp. & p. p. Hobbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hobbling.]
Etym: [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.
Hob"ble, v. t.
1. To fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog. " They hobbled
their horses." Dickens
2. To perplex; to embarrass.
Hob"ble, n.
1. An unequal gait; a limp; a halt; as, he has a hobble in his gait.
Swift.
2. Same as Hopple.
3. Difficulty; perplexity; embarrassment. Waterton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition