Hob·ble v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hobbled p. pr. & vb. n. Hobbling ]
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. To move roughly or irregularly; -- said of style in writing.
The hobbling versification, the mean diction. --Jeffreys.