hobbling
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Hobble \Hob"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hobbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hobbling.] [OE. hobelen, hoblen, freq. of hoppen to hop; akin to D. hobbelen, hoblen, hoppeln. See Hop to jump, and cf. Hopple ]
1.To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches. [1913 Webster]
The friar was hobbling the same way too.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]
2.To move roughly or irregularly; -- said of style in writing. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
The hobbling versification, the mean diction.— Jeffreys.[1913 Webster]