English Dictionary

hobbler

noun

One who hobbles. / (historical) 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.

The hobbler struggled to walk with his injured leg.

意味（1）

One who hobbles.

The horse was one of the finest I had seen, not a hobbler. This was a far more delicate creature.

意味（2）

(historical) 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.

However superior the Norman knight might be upon the field of battle, the bogs and woods of Ireland gave little opportunity for the mail-clad charge. Thus there evolved in Ireland, as a habitual part of every Anglo-Norman force, a type of light horseman, which came to be known as the hobelar.

意味（3）

An unlicensed pilot, casual dock labourer, etc.

意味（4）

A man who tows a canal boat with a rope.