HOBBLE

hobble. Hobble, v.i. to walk lamely, go unevenly, limp

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Hob″ble (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hobbled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hobbling (?).] [[OE. hobelen, hoblen, freq. of hoppen to hop; akin to D. hobbelen, hoblen, hoppeln. See Hop to jump, and cf. Hopple ]] 1. 1. To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches.
The friar was hobbling the same way too. Dryden. 2. 2. To move roughly or irregularly; — said of style in writing. Prior.
The hobbling versification, the mean diction. Jeffreys.