Hob·ble v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hobbled p. pr. & vb. n. Hobbling ]
  1. To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches.
     The friar was hobbling the same way too.   --Dryden.
  2. To move roughly or irregularly; -- said of style in writing.
     The hobbling versification, the mean diction.   --Jeffreys.