hobbling

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A form of hobble — One of the short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses, allowing them to wander short distances but preventing them from running off.

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Meanings

nounhobbling (plural hobblings)

plural hobblings

  1. gerundgerund of hobble: the movement of one who hobbles.

    Ye Goblins and Fairys, / With Frisks and Vagarys, / Ye Fairys and Goblins, / With Hoppings and Hoblings, / Come all, come all / To Sir Roger’s great Hall.

    [1715], [John] Gay, The What D’Ye Call It: A Tragi-comi-pastoral Farce, London: […] Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC, Act I, scene iii, page 18
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of hobble

Origin

From hobble + -ing.

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APA

hobbling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hobbling

MLA

“hobbling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hobbling. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hobbling,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hobbling.

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