Hobble skirt

·add. ·- A woman's skirt so scant at the bottom as to restrain freedom of movement after the fashion of a hobble.

Skirt
·noun A <<Petticoat>>. II. Skirt ·noun The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals. III. Skirt ·noun A l...

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Hobble
·noun Difficulty; perplexity; embarrassment. II. Hobble ·noun ·same·as <<Hopple>>. III. Hobble ·n....

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
hobble
A scrape; a state of perplexity.--Carr's Craven Glossary. Now, Capt. Cleveland, will you get us out...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
hobble
A perplexity or difficulty. ♦ Hobbles, irons or fetters. ...

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