Definition of "hamble"

hamble

verb
third-person singular simple present hambles, present participle hambling, simple past and past participle hambled
1. (obsolete, transitive) To mutilate; hamstring; cut away.
2. (transitive) To cut out the balls of the feet of (dogs) so as to render them unfit for hunting.
3. (intransitive) To walk lame; limp.