High-tail vs Hobble - What's the difference?
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High-tail has no English definition.
(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.
To fetter by tying the legs; to restrict (a horse) with hobbles.
To walk lame, or unevenly.
* Dryden
(figurative) To move roughly or irregularly.
* Jeffreys
To perplex; to embarrass.
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.hobble
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* tether (rope)Verb
- (Charles Dickens)
- The friar was hobbling the same way too.
- The hobbling versification, the mean diction.