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High-tail vs Hobble - What's the difference?

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High-tail is likely misspelled.


High-tail has no English definition.

As a noun hobble is

short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses, allowing them to wander short distances but preventing them from running off.

As a verb hobble is

to fetter by tying the legs; to restrict (a horse) with hobbles.

high-tail

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High-tail has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

English words similar to 'high-tail':

hightail, hectolitre, histolyse, histolyze, hostilize

hobble

English

Noun

  • (en noun) (usually in plural )
  • Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses, allowing them to wander short distances but preventing them from running off.
  • An unsteady, off-balance step.
  • Synonyms

    * tether (rope)

    Verb

  • To fetter by tying the legs; to restrict (a horse) with hobbles.
  • (Charles Dickens)
  • To walk lame, or unevenly.
  • * Dryden
  • The friar was hobbling the same way too.
  • (figurative) To move roughly or irregularly.
  • * Jeffreys
  • The hobbling versification, the mean diction.
  • To perplex; to embarrass.
  • Derived terms

    * hobble skirt * hobbly * unhobble