Both Uses
hobbled
in
Old Yeller
(Auto-generated)
- I'd hobbled out to sit in a chair beside Old Yeller, where I could scratch him under his chewed-off ear.†
p. 108.9 *
- I hobbled down to where I couldn't miss and shot the roan bull between the eyes.†
p. 111.9
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) Hobble originally referred to tying together two legs of horses or cattle, so they would not wander far away.