What is the meaning of HOBBLE. Phrases containing HOBBLE
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a device that prevents or limits the motion of a horse by tethering one or more legs when no tie device, tree, or other object is available; allows horse to graze and move short and slow distances, but prevents horse from funning off too far.
specialized hobble, rope that connects a front leg to its corresponding hind leg.
Hobbledehoy is old British slang for a youth.
Shut up.
Phrs. Working without declaring one's income when in receipt of social benefits. [South Wales use]
A scrape, a state of perplexity
An ornamental braided cord most often worn on the uniforms of officers who are acting as an Aide de Camp. Derived from the Army, where the general's aide de camp wore wooden pegs over his shoulder, which he used to hobble the generals horse.
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n.
Same as Hopple.
v. t.
To fetter, as a horse; to hobble.
n.
Same as Hobblebush.
n.
A light horseman. See 2d Hobbler.
v. t.
To tie or hobble with a spancel.
a.
Rough; uneven; causing one to hobble; as a hobbly road.
n.
Difficulty; perplexity; embarrassment.
n.
An unequal gait; a limp; a halt; as, he has a hobble in his gait.
v. t.
To perplex; to embarrass.
n.
One who hobbles.
n.
Alt. of Hobbletehoy
n.
The hobblebush.
imp. & p. p.
of Hobble
n.
One who by his tenure was to maintain a horse for military service; a kind of light horseman in the Middle Ages who was mounted on a hobby.
v. t.
To impede by a hopple; to tie the feet of (a horse or a cow) loosely together; to hamper; to hobble; as, to hopple an unruly or straying horse.
n.
A youth between boy and man; an awkward, gawky young fellow .
n.
A low bush (Viburnum lantanoides) having long, straggling branches and handsome flowers. It is found in the Northern United States. Called also shinhopple.
v. t.
To fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog.
n.
A hobbler; one who limps; a shuffer.
v. i.
To hobble or limp; to shuffle.
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