hobbler.html - v. & n.
--v.

1 intr. a walk lamely; limp. b proceed haltingly in action or speech (hobbled lamely to his conclusion).
2 tr. a tie together the legs of (a horse etc.) to prevent it from straying. b tie (a horse's etc. legs).
3 tr. cause (a person etc.) to limp.

--n.

1 an uneven or infirm gait.
2 a rope, clog, etc. used for hobbling a horse etc.

hobble skirt a skirt so narrow at the hem as to impede walking.

hobbler n. [ME, prob. f. LG: cf. HOPPLE and Du. hobbelen rock from side to side]

hobbler.html - n.
colloq.
1 a clumsy or awkward youth.
2 a hooligan. [16th c.: orig. unkn.]

hobbler.html - v. & n.
--v.

1 intr. a walk lamely; limp. b proceed haltingly in action or speech (hobbled lamely to his conclusion).
2 tr. a tie together the legs of (a horse etc.) to prevent it from straying. b tie (a horse's etc. legs).
3 tr. cause (a person etc.) to limp.

--n.

1 an uneven or infirm gait.
2 a rope, clog, etc. used for hobbling a horse etc.

hobble skirt a skirt so narrow at the hem as to impede walking.

hobbler n. [ME, prob. f. LG: cf. HOPPLE and Du. hobbelen rock from side to side]

hobbler.html - n.
colloq.
1 a clumsy or awkward youth.
2 a hooligan. [16th c.: orig. unkn.]

hobbler.html - n.
a member of an imaginary race of half-sized people in stories by Tolkien.

hobbitry n. [invented by J. R. R. Tolkien, Engl. writer d. 1973, and said by him to mean 'hole-dweller']

hobbler.html - v. & n.
--v.

1 intr. a walk lamely; limp. b proceed haltingly in action or speech (hobbled lamely to his conclusion).
2 tr. a tie together the legs of (a horse etc.) to prevent it from straying. b tie (a horse's etc. legs).
3 tr. cause (a person etc.) to limp.

--n.

1 an uneven or infirm gait.
2 a rope, clog, etc. used for hobbling a horse etc.

hobble skirt a skirt so narrow at the hem as to impede walking.

hobbler n. [ME, prob. f. LG: cf. HOPPLE and Du. hobbelen rock from side to side]