hobbler

n. 跛行之人或动物, (=hobbling pilot)无照领港员

词形变化

hobblers 复数

别名

hobiler

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One who by tenure was to maintain a horse for military service; a kind of light-horseman in the Middle Ages who was mounted on a hobby.

    历史

    1954, James Francis Lydon, The hobelar: An Irish contribution to medieval warfare, Irish Sword, II, v, pp. 12–16. However superior the Norman knight might be upon the field of battle, the bogs and woods of Ireland gave little opportunity for the mail-clad charge. Thus there evolved in Ireland, as a habitual part of every Anglo-Norman force, a type of light horseman, which came to be known as the hobelar.

  2. 2.

    A small horse.

  3. 3.

    An unlicensed pilot, casual dock labourer, etc.

  4. 4.

    A man who tows a canal boat with a rope.

  5. 1.

    One who hobbles.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

limper

上位词 3

walker pedestrian footer

词源

Old English also hobeler, Old French hobelier, Medieval Latin hobellarius (“light horseman”). See hobby (“a horse”).

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