hobble
ho buhl
- n a shackle for the ankles or feet
- n the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg
- v walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury
The old woman hobbles down to the store every day - v hamper the action or progress of
The chairman was hobbled by the all-powerful dean - v strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the legs on the same side moving in unison
hobble race horses
- Hobble, hobble, hobblecrutches stumped up the pavement to the White House.
- It does not behoove His Church to try to hobble their minds or inhibit their search for new insights into truth.
- That's important: one reason so many cell phones are lame is that cell-phone-service providers hobble developers with lame rules about what they can and can't do.