hobble

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verb

1. To walk in a lame way: halt², hitch, limp. See move/halt.
2. To restrict the activity or free movement of: chain, fetter, hamper, hamstring, handcuff, leash, manacle, shackle, tie, trammel. Informal hog-tie. See free/unfree, help/harm/harmless.

noun

Something that physically confines the legs or arms: bond, chain (used in plural), fetter, handcuff (often used in plural), iron (used in plural), manacle, restraint, shackle. Archaic gyve. See free/unfree.

v

Definition: cripple, restrict
Antonyms: free, let go, release

v

Definition: limp
Antonyms: go, move, run, stride, walk

Leather straps fastened around the pasterns of horses, mules and donkeys. Placed on all four legs and pulled together by a rope, it provides an effective means of casting the horse. Putting them on the two fore pasterns and fastening them by a short chain restricts the horse's movements so that it cannot run away but can still graze. Called also hopple.

• breeding h's — leather strap hobbles to tie the front feet together; used chiefly in mares to prevent escape from stallion.
• crossed h. — a rope is used to tie the forearm of the upper limb of a cast horse to the hindlimb above the hock. The hobbles on the pasterns can then be released and surgical work performed on the hoof.

For a list of words related to hobble, see:

• Gaits - hobble: proceed unevenly or haltingly; walk lamely, with a limp

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - humpe, halte
v. tr. - gøre halt, ødelægge
n. - halt

Nederlands (Dutch)
strompelen, doen strompelen, belemmeren, kluisteren van paard, gestrompel, netelige situatie

Français (French)
v. intr. - clopiner, boitiller
v. tr. - entraver (un animal)
n. - boitillement, entrave, abot

Deutsch (German)
v. - humpeln, fesseln, (be)hindern
n. - Fußfessel, Humpeln

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - χωλαίνω (κν. κουτσαίνω), πεδικλώνω
n. - χωλότητα, κουτσαμάρα, πεδούκλα

Italiano (Italian)
zoppicare, mettere le pastoie ad un cavallo

Português (Portuguese)
v. - coxear
n. - coxeadura (m)

Русский (Russian)
прихрамывание, запинка, запинающаяся речь, хромать, ковылять, запинаться

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - cojear
v. tr. - cojear
n. - cojera

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - halta (äv. bildl.), guppa, binda ihop (fötterna)
n. - haltande, knipa, fotboja

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
蹒跚, 跛行, 使跛行, 阻碍, 困境, 缚住马脚的绳子

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 蹣跚, 跛行
v. tr. - 使跛行, 阻礙
n. - 跛行, 困境, 縛住馬腳的繩子

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 절름거리다, 더듬거리다
v. tr. - 절름거리게 하다, 두 다리를 함께 묶다, 난처하게 하다
n. - 절름 거림, 말의 다리를 묶는 밧줄, 곤경

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - びっこを引く, 両脚を縛る, びっこを引いて歩く
n. - びっこを引くこと

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يعرج أو يصيبه العرج, يقيد, يشد قوائم الفرس, ألخ بالشكال, يعوق (الاسم) عرج, ورطه, مأزق حرج, قيد أو شكال‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮צלע‬
v. tr. - ‮קשר יחד רגלי סוס, גרם לאדם לצלוע‬
n. - ‮חבל או נעל-עץ להכבדה על תנועת סוס, דהרה לא מאוזנת‬

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