LekhoriLekhoriOne of the short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses, allowing them to wander short distances but preventing them from running off.
An unsteady, off-balance step.
We made it and we hobbled up the stairs. Or I hobbled. My sons didn't hobble, I hobbled.
A difficult situation; a scrape.
"Saddle a horse—any horse—only let him be sure and fleet," cried Ashwoode, "and I'll pay you his price thrice over!" "Well, it's a bargain," replied the groom, promptly; "I don't like to see a gentleman caught in a hobble, if I can help him out of it. […]
From Middle English hobblen, hobelen, akin to Middle Dutch hoblen, hobbelen (Modern Dutch hobbelen).
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To move or proceed roughly or irregularly.
The hobbling versification, the mean diction.