0 present participle of hobble
1 to walk in an awkward way, usually because the feet or legs are injured:
2 to limit something or control the freedom of someone:
A long list of amendments have hobbled the new legislation.
Far from hobbling the comedy, this piece of business was instantly hailed by his fellow actors as a hoot and adopted.
They may be helping a lame dog over a stile, but at the same time they are hobbling a sound dog.
It is like urging a horse to gallop whilst hobbling it at the same time.
There are clearly not vast numbers of wounded foxes hobbling around the countryside.
It is a deliberate hobbling of the trade union movement and a deliberate destruction of the trade unions' ability to act.
They succeeded in hobbling the trade union movement to a point where opposition is virtually nil, and yet what have they done?
Is it not a scandalous thing to see a wounded soldier hobbling along on two crutches and struggling with a kit of 8o lbs.
We cannot urge a horse to gallop while hobbling it at the same time.
