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Definition of Hamble
1. v. t. To hamstring.
Definition of Hamble
1. Proper noun. a river in Hampshire, England. ¹
2. Verb. (obsolete transitive) To mutilate; hamstring; cut away. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To cut out the balls of the feet of (dogs) so as to render them unfit for hunting. ¹
4. Verb. (intransitive) To walk lame; limp. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hamble
1. to cripple a dog [v HAMBLED, HAMBLING, HAMBLES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hamble
Literary usage of Hamble
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Ramble Through the United States, Canada, and the West Indies by John Shaw (1856)
"A hamble THROUGH THE UNITED STATES, CHAPTER IV. I LEFT Montreal November 26.
The weather continued warm and unusually fine up to the period of my departure. ..."
2. Highways and Byways in Hampshire by D. H. Moutray Read (1908)
"... with the result that his temporalities were for a time sequestered ? With our
subject-matter, too, the Bishop was concerned, for On the hamble ..."
3. The Remains of the Late Mrs. Richard Trench: Being Selections from Her by Melesina Chenevix St. George Trench (1862)
"There are already a great abundance, all my own planting, but I am spreading them
in every direction. SONNET TO THE KIVER hamble. March 22. ..."
4. Sporting Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02751662] (1827)
"... out of Phantom, by hamble- I Rubens 2 Duke of' Grafton's bc Bolivar, by The
following also started but were not placed : Comus 0 Air. Rogers's br. c. ..."
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