hobble

English

Etymology

From Middle English hobblen, hobelen, akin to Middle Dutch hoblen, hobbelen (Modern Dutch hobbelen).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒbəl

Noun

hobble (plural hobbles)

1. (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.
2. An unsteady, off-balance step.
3. A difficult situation; a scrape.

Synonyms

• tether (rope)

Translations

Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses

• Altai:

  Northern: тужак (tužak)

  Southern: тужак (tužak)

• Arabic: شِكَال m (šikāl), عِقَال (ar) m (ʕiqāl)

  Moroccan Arabic: شكال m (škāl)

• Armenian: ոտնակապ (hy) (otnakap), ոտկապ (hy) (otkap), չիդար (hy) (čʻidar) (dialectal), թշու (tʻšu) (dialectal), քեստաղ (kʻestaġ) (dialectal)

  Old Armenian: ճախանոց (čaxanocʻ)

• Avar: читӏир (čitʼir)
• Azerbaijani: çidar, cidar, buxov, tuşağ (dialectal)
• Bashkir: тышау (tışaw)
• Basque: peya
• Bulgarian: букаѝ f pl (bukaì)
• Buryat: тушаа (tušaa)
• Crimean Tatar: tırşav
• Danish: fodreb n
• Dargwa: чедир (čedir)
• Finnish: kammitsa (fi)
• French: entrave (fr) f, abot (fr) m
• Galician: pega (gl), pexa
• Georgian: ფარმანდი (parmandi) (dialectal), დუშაყი (dušaq̇i)
• German: Fußfessel (de) f, Spannstrick m
• Greek: πέδικλο (el) n (pédiklo)
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• Italian: pastoia (it) f, ceppi (it) m pl, lacci (it) m pl
• Kalmyk: туша (tuşa), чөдр (çödr)
• Kazakh: тұсау (tūsau)
• Kyrgyz: тушоо (ky) (tuşoo), өрөө (ky) (öröö)
• Lak: чидар (čidar)
• Latin: pedica f
• Maori: herehere waewae
• Mongolian: чөдөр (mn) (čödör), тушаа (mn) (tušaa)
• Persian: اشکیل (fa) (eškil)
• Russian: трено́га (ru) f (trenóga), пу́ты (ru) f pl (púty)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: не̏гве f pl, gen. не̏га̄ва̄ and не̏га̄вӣ; шкло̏це f pl, gen. шкло̑ца̄; бука̀гије f pl

  Latin: nȅgve (sh) f pl, gen. nȅgāvā and nȅgāvī; šklȍce f pl, gen. šklȏcā; bukàgije (sh) f pl

• Spanish: manea (es) f, suelta (es) f, atadura f
• Tatar:

  Cyrillic: тышау (tt) (tışaw)

  Latin: tışaw

• Turkish:

  Ottoman: بوقاغی (bukağı), كوستك (köstek)

  Modern: bukağı (tr), köstek (tr)

• Turkmen: душак
• Uyghur: өрə (örə)
• Uzbek: тушов (tushov)
• Walloon: epîtoe (wa) m

An unsteady, off-balance step

• Danish: humpen c
• Finnish: nilkutus (fi)
• Greek: πεδίκλωμα (el) n (pedíkloma)
• Irish: habal m
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• Italian: traballamento m, barcollamento (it) m, vacillamento m, sbilanciamento m
• Russian: ковыля́ние (ru) n (kovyljánije)
• Turkish: aksama (tr)

A horse hobbled for veterinary purposes.

Verb

1. To fetter by tying the legs; to restrict (a horse) with hobbles.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Charles Dickens to this entry?)

2. To walk lame, or unevenly.
   • Dryden

     The friar was hobbling the same way too.

3. (figurative) To move roughly or irregularly.
   • Jeffreys

     The hobbling versification, the mean diction.

4. To perplex; to embarrass.

Derived terms

• hobble skirt
• hobbly
• unhobble

Translations

To restrict a horse with hobbles

• Bulgarian: спъвам (bg) (spǎvam)
• Finnish: kammitsoida (fi)
• Kazakh: өрелеу (öreleu)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئەشکێڵکِردِن‎ (eşkêllkirdin‎)

• Maori: herehere ngā waewae
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: halte (no), humpe

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• Russian: трено́жить (ru) (trenóžitʹ)
• Spanish: manear (es)
• Turkish: kösteklemek (tr)

To walk unevenly

• Bulgarian: куцам (bg) (kucam)
• Czech: belhat se
• Danish: humpe, halte
• Finnish: ontua (fi), nilkuttaa (fi)
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• Maori: totitoti, kokekoke
• Quechua: hank'ay
• Russian: ковыля́ть (ru) (kovyljátʹ), хрома́ть (ru) (xromátʹ) (limp)
• Turkish: aksamak (tr)
• Ukrainian: кульгати (kulʹhaty)

Anagrams

• hobbel