Defn: A low bush (Viburnum lantanoides) having long, straggling branches and handsome flowers. It is found in the Northern United States. Called also shinhopple.
HOBBLEDEHOY; HOBBLETEHOY Hob"ble*de*hoy`, Hob"ble*te*hoy`, n. [Written also hobbetyhoy, hobbarddehoy, hobbedehoy, hobdehoy.] Etym: [ Cf. Prob. E. hobbledygee with a limping movement; also F. hobereau, a country squire, E. hobby, and OF. hoi to-day; perh. the orig. sense was, an upstart of to-day.]
Defn: A youth between boy and man; an awkward, gawky young fellow .
[Colloq.]
All the men, boys, and hobbledehoys attached to the farm. Dickens. .
HOBBLER
Hob"bler, n.
Defn: One who hobbles.
HOBBLER
Hob"bler, n. Etym: [OE. also hobeler, OF. hobelier, LL. hobellarius.
See Hobby a horse.] (Eng. Hist.)
Defn: One who by his tenure was to maintain a horse for military service; a kind of light horseman in the Middle Ages who was mounted on a hobby. Hallam. Sir J. Davies.
HOBBLE SKIRT
Hob"ble skirt.
Defn: A woman's skirt so scant at the bottom as to restrain freedom of movement after the fashion of a hobble. — Hob"ble-skirt`ed, a.
HOBBLINGLY
Hob"bling*ly, adv.