Hobble

1. To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches.
2. Same as Hopple.
3. Difficulty; perplexity; embarrassment.
4. To fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog.
5. To move roughly or irregularly; -- said of style in writing.
6. An unequal gait; a limp; a halt; as, he has a hobble in his gait.
7. To perplex; to embarrass.