All 3 Uses of
hobbled
in
The Hidden Oracle
- He and Paolo executed an awkward one-eighty and hobbled away, hotly pursued by a rolling herd of cannonballs with sparking fuses.†
p. 162.2 *
- Meg blew me one of her trademark raspberries, then hobbled to the left, pulling me along with her.†
p. 164.3
- I missed hobbling with her through the Labyrinth, our legs tied together.†
p. 306.6
Definitions:
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(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.