hobbling
present participle of hobble
hobbling (plural hobblings)
The movement of one who hobbles.
With frisks and vagaries,
Ye fairies and goblins,
With hoppings and hobblings,
Come all, come all
To Sir Roger's great hall.
Source: Wiktionary
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
23 February 2025
(noun) an advantageous purchase; “she got a bargain at the auction”; “the stock was a real buy at that price”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
