Hobble /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Hobbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hobbling

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.

2. To move roughly or irregularly; -- said of style in writing.

   The hobbling versification, the mean diction.

1. To fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog.
2. To perplex; to embarrass.

1. An unequal gait; a limp; a halt; as, he has a hobble in his gait.
2. Same as Hopple.
3. Difficulty; perplexity; embarrassment.