hamble

== English == === Alternative forms === hammel, hamel, hammle === Etymology === From Middle English hamelen, from Old English hamelian (“to hamstring, mutilate”), from Proto-Germanic *hamalōną, *hamlōną (“to mutilate”), from Proto-Indo-European *kem- (“mutilated, hornless”). Cognate with German hammeln, hämmeln (“to geld”), Icelandic hamla (“to mutilate, maim”), Dutch hamel (“wether”). === Verb === hamble (third-person singular simple present hambles, present participle hambling, simple past and past participle hambled) (obsolete, transitive) To mutilate; hamstring; cut away. (transitive) To cut out the balls of the feet of (dogs) so as to render them unfit for hunting. (intransitive) To walk lame; limp. === References === === Anagrams === mahleb