hobbler n 1: someone who has a limp and walks with a hobbling gait [syn: {hobbler}, {limper}]
Hobbler \Hob"bler\, n. [OE. also hobeler, OF. hobelier, LL. hobellarius. See {Hobby} a horse.] (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. [1913 Webster]
Hobbler \Hob"bler\, n. One who hobbles. [1913 Webster]