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Noun
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(n)
fetter
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hobble
(a shackle for the ankles or feet)
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S:
(n)
shackle
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bond
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hamper
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trammel
(a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner))
derivationally related form
S:
(n)
hitch
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hobble
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limp
(the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg)
Verb
S:
(v)
limp
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gimp
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hobble
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hitch
(walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury)
"The old woman hobbles down to the store every day"
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(v)
hobble
(hamper the action or progress of)
"The chairman was hobbled by the all-powerful dean"
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S:
(v)
hopple
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hobble
(strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the legs on the same side moving in unison)
"hobble race horses"