English Explanatory Dictionary

hobbler

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who by tenure was to maintain a horse for military service; a kind of light-horseman in the Middle Ages who was mounted on a hobby.
  2. A small horse.
  3. An unlicensed pilot, casual dock labourer, etc.
  4. A man who tows a canal boat with a rope.
noun
  1. One who hobbles.

Word forms

hobbler hobblers hobiler

Etymology

Old English also hobeler, Old French hobelier, Medieval Latin hobellarius (“light horseman”). See hobby (“a horse”).

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