How to use hobble in a sentence. A hobble (also, and perhaps earlier, hopple), [1] or spancel, is a device which prevents or limits the locomotion of an animal, by tethering one or more legs Although hobbles are most commonly used on horses, they are also sometimes used on other animals. If you hobble an animal, especially a horse, you tie two of its legs together so that it cannot run away. See examples of hobble used in a sentence. If you hobble, you walk in an awkward way with small steps, for example because your foot is injured
He got up slowly and hobbled over to the coffee table. A hobbling walk or gait A device, such as a rope or strap, used to hobble an animal. Definition of hobble verb from the oxford advanced learner's dictionary [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) to walk with difficulty, especially because your feet or legs hurt synonym limp He hobbled painfully across the road
To move with a gait between walking and crawling To walk lamely, to drag a limb, to hobble. Hobble (plural hobbles) (chiefly in the plural) one of the short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses, allowing them to wander short distances but preventing them from running off. When you hobble, you walk awkwardly or unsteadily because you're in pain You might wipe out on your bike and then hobble back home, pushing it in front of you.
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