Hamstring vs Hamble - What's the difference?
hamstring | hamble |
(anatomy) One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or space back of the knee, and connected with the muscles of the back of the thigh.
(informal) The biceps femoris muscle.
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To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough; hence, to cripple; to incapacitate; to disable.
* So have they hamstrung the valor of the subject by seeking to effeminate us all at home. -
In transitive terms the difference between hamstring and hamble
is that hamstring is to lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough; hence, to cripple; to incapacitate; to disable while hamble is to cut out the balls of the feet of (dogs) so as to render them unfit for hunting.As a noun hamstring
is one of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or space back of the knee, and connected with the muscles of the back of the thigh.As a proper noun Hamble is
a river in Hampshire, England.hamstring
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(en noun)- Developing muscle around both sides of a joint (think biceps and triceps, abs and low back, quads and hamstrings ) should be one of your primary training considerations because strength on each side leads to lower injury rates.