hobbler Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone who has a limp and walks with a hobbling gait
    limper.

WordNet

Hob"bler noun
Definitions
  1. One who hobbles.
Hob"bler noun
Etymology
OE. also hobeler, OF. hobelier, LL. hobellarius. See Hobby a horse.
Definitions
  1. (Eng. Hist.) One who by his tenure was to maintain a horse for military service; a kind of light horseman in the Middle Ages who was mounted on a hobby. Hallam. Sir J. Davies.

Webster 1913