1 [V] [usually +adv./prep.] to walk with difficulty, especially because your feet or legs hurt:
The old man hobbled across the road. * She was hobbling around on crutches.
2 [VN] to tie together two legs of a horse or other animal in order to stop it from running away:
The horse's hind legs had been hobbled.
3 [VN] to make it more difficult for sb to do sth or sth to happen:
Our work is hobbled by the amount of bureaucracy involved.
