walk+lamely
21limp — English has two words limp, which perhaps share a common ancestry. Neither is particularly old. The verb first crops up in the 16th century (until then the word for ‘walk lamely’ had been halt, which now survives, barely, as an adjective). It was …
22hobble — (v.) c.1300, hoblen to rock back and forth, toss up and down, probably related to its Dutch cognate hobbelen (which, however, is not recorded before late 15c.). Meaning to walk lamely is from c.1400. Transitive sense of tie the legs (of an… …
23halt — v. n. == walk lamely. Wright’s L. P. p. 48 …
24hobble — hob·ble || hÉ‘bl / hÉ’bl v. limp, walk lamely; tie the legs of an animal …
25hobbled — hob·ble || hÉ‘bl / hÉ’bl v. limp, walk lamely; tie the legs of an animal …
26hobbles — hob·ble || hÉ‘bl / hÉ’bl v. limp, walk lamely; tie the legs of an animal …
27hobbling — hob·ble || hÉ‘bl / hÉ’bl v. limp, walk lamely; tie the legs of an animal …
28halt — I. v. n. 1. Stop, hold, stand (still), stop short, pull up, come to a stop. 2. Limp, hobble, walk lamely. II. a. Lame, crippled. III. n. 1. Stop, stand, standstill. 2. Limp, limping gait …
29hobble — I. v. n. Limp, halt, hop, walk lamely. II. v. a. Fetter, hopple. III. n. 1. Limp, halt. 2. Perplexity, embarrassment, difficulty, strait, pickle …
30hobble — v 1. limp, hitch, walk lamely; shuffle, shamble, drag one s feet; halt, pause, hesitate; toddle, dodder, falter, move unsteadily; totter, stagger, weave, reel. 2. hopple, trammel, fetter, shackle, gyve; chain, tether, hitch, picket, stake out;… …
