Both Uses of
hobbled
in
The Help
- Missus Walters turns and hobbles toward the door, the colored nurse in tow.†
Chpt 25 *hobbles = walks with difficulty (due to injury or physical impediment) OR hinders (made the action or progress of something difficult)
- Now, I'm off to bed," and Mother hobbles toward her bedroom.†
Chpt 33
Definitions:
-
(1)
(hobbled as in: she hobbled up the hill) walked with difficulty (due to injury or physical impediment)
or:
hindered (made the action or progress of something difficult) -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Hobble originally referred to tying together two legs of horses or cattle, so they would not wander far away.