Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who or that which hobbles.
- n. One who by his tenure was to maintain a hobby for military service; hence, a soldier mounted on a hobby; a light-horseman employed in reconnoitering, intercepting convoys, etc.
- n. A man employed in towing vessels by a rope on the land, or in a small boat with oars.
- n. A horse: same as hobby.
Wiktionary
- n. One who hobbles.
- n. UK, historical One who by his tenure was to maintain a horse for military service; a kind of light horseman in the Middle Ages who was mounted on a hobby.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who hobbles.
- n. (Eng. Hist.) One who by his tenure was to maintain a horse for military service; a kind of light horseman in the Middle Ages who was mounted on a hobby.
WordNet 3.0
- n. someone who has a limp and walks with a hobbling gait
Etymologies
- Old English also hobeler, Old French hobelier, Latin hobellarius. See hobby a horse. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Unacquainted with its wonderful mechanism, he was injured in the side by one of the lions the first time he attempted to mount it, and forever after he limped, wherefore he was given the surname Necho, the hobbler.”
“I thank you, sir, I thank you," said the hobbler, with pleasant frankness.”
“True, without any consideration for the girl's presence, he sometimes asked Gitta why they still burdened themselves with the useless hobbler and did not sell the cart and the donkey.”
“He threw it carelessly from him, and at the same time suffered the dismounted cavalier to rise, while he himself remounted his hobbler, and looked towards the rest of Oliver's party, who were now advancing.”
“Now CEO Tim Conver tells us: "we are developing and have now demonstrated a new aircraft based on our one-pound Wasp that can perform vertical take-off and landing, hobbler, perch and steer machines in a very stealthy manner" [emphasis added].”
“He threw it carelessly from him, and at the same time suffered the dismounted cavalier to rise, while he himself remounted his hobbler, and looked towards the rest of Oliver’s party, who were now advancing.”
““Let’s get those boots off—I can’t stand a hobbler,” Madame Scull said.”
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