hobblern.1
/ˈhɒbl̩ə/, /ˈhɒblə/, U.S. /ˈhɑb(ə)lər/ Obsolete exc. Historical.† 2. (See quots.) Obsolete.
1. † b. Used for hobby n.1
a. A retainer bound to maintain a hobby for military service; a soldier who rode a hobby, a light horseman. Obsolete exc. Historical.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by type of service > [noun] > one liable for service
sergeantc1290
hobblerc1308
sergeant-at-arms1377
society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > mounted soldier > light-armed
hobblerc1308
prickera1350
genetorc1440
stradiotc1515
light horse1524
hussar1532
light horseman1544
demi-lancer1552
demi-lancea1556
estradiot1577
argoletier1579
argoletc1580
Cossack1587
jennet1676
hobbler-archer1786
c1308 Pol. Songs (Camden) 196 And thos hoblurs, name~lich, That husbond benimeth eri of grund.
1325 in Cal. Rotul. Patent. (1802) 96 De Hobelariis eligendis, apud Beaulieu 4° April.]
1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. cxcii. 169 The Englysshmen fled bytwene the hobylers and the grete hoost.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xi. 110 And fifty thousand of archerys He had, forouten the hoblerys [1489 Adv. hobleris].
1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Scotl. 350/1 in Chron. I Of such armed men as they called Hoblers, set forth by the Burrowes and good townes .xx. M.
1612 J. Davies Discouerie Causes Ireland 33 20 hoblers armed (the Irish Horse-men were so called, because they serued on Hobbies).
1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 100 By Hoblers meaning those now called light horse-men.
1736 T. Carte Hist. Life Duke Ormonde II. 395 The Irish armies consisted of Hoblers which were their horse, and Kearnes which were their foot.
1872 E. W. Robertson Hist. Ess. Introd. 19 Richard de Burgh was ordered to forward from Ireland 300 Hobelers for service in the Scottish wars.
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1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth viii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 199 I guess him, by his trotting hobbler..to be the follower of some of the southland lords.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth viii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 204 While he himself remounted his hobbler.
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society > communication > information > message > [noun] > messenger > mounted messenger
chivauchier1420
staffette1545
hobbler157.
estafette1792
dispatch-rider1899
157. Lambarde in Strutt Antiq. Eng. (1775) II. 34 The hobbilers were aunciently suche men as in time of daunger rode in poste from place to place, to give notice thereof upon hobbyes, or nagges; whereof the name of hobbilers was given to them.
1659 E. Leigh Eng. Descr. 85 The whole Countrey [Isle of Wight] is divided into eleven parts, and every of them hath their..Posts also or Runners, whom by an old name, grown almost out of use, they terme still Hoblers, who presently give intelligence of all occurrents to the Captain and Governour of the Isle.
Compounds
hobbler-archer n. an archer mounted on a light horse.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > archer > type of
footman archer1511
solak1520
franc-archer1568
argoletc1580
longbowman1738
hobbler-archer1786
society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > mounted soldier > light-armed
hobblerc1308
prickera1350
genetorc1440
stradiotc1515
light horse1524
hussar1532
light horseman1544
demi-lancer1552
demi-lancea1556
estradiot1577
argoletier1579
argoletc1580
Cossack1587
jennet1676
hobbler-archer1786
1364 Chron. Will. Thorn in Twysden Scriptores Decem (1652) 2140 Pro hoberariis sagittariis inveniendis et sustenandis.
1364 Chron. Will. Thorn in Twysden Scriptores Decem (1652) 2140 Prædictos hobilarios sagittarios.]
1786 F. Grose Mil. Antiq. (1801) I. 108 Sometimes archers were mounted on light horses, whence they were stiled hobiler archers.
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hobblern.2
/ˈhɒbl̩ə/, /ˈhɒblə/, U.S. /ˈhɑb(ə)lər/ 1. A person that hobbles in his gait.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > manner of walking > uneven or clumsy > one who
hobblerc1665
c1665 in Roxburghe Ballads (1888) VI. 498 But now my resolve was never to trouble her, Or venture my carkis with such a blind hobbler.
a. A child's top that wabbles or spins unsteadily. Hence (apparently) hobler's hole, hobler-hole, hoblies hole, ? a hole into which such a top was thrown, as a mark to be aimed at. Obsolete.
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society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > top > [noun] > unsteady top
hobbler1594
hobbledehoy1825
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > other specific games > [noun] > top-spinning game > hole
hobler's hole1594
1594 J. Lyly Mother Bombie v. iii. sig. H Rather than Ile leade this life, I throw my fiddle into the leads for a hobler.
1609 R. Armin Hist. Two Maids More-clacke sig. C3 Boy: Now Iohn, i'le cry first. Ioh: And i'le cry lagge. I was in hoblies hole.
a1637 B. Jonson Tale of Tub iii. vii. 43 in Wks. (1640) III I' had whip'd 'hem all, like tops In Lent, and hurl'd 'hem into Hoblers-hole; Or the next ditch. View more context for this quotation
1680 W. de Britaine Humane Prudence xxiv. 77 Like a Top which hath been for a long time scourged and run well, yet at last to be lodged up for a Hobler.
1847–78 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Hobler-hole, the hinder-hole at a boy's game.
b. transferred. A person that vacillates or ‘wabbles’.
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the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [noun] > irresolute or vacillating person
demurrer1533
hanger1536
staggerer1552
hobbler1575
tennis ball1589
waverer1597
halter1608
suspender1625
waver1667
fluttererc1726
oscillator1798
pendulum1818
shilly-shallyer1832
shilly-shally1834
wobbler1837
hesitater1853
dilly-dallier1880
vacillator1890
haverer1947
1575 G. Gascoigne Glasse of Gouernem. i. v. sig. Cii Shall I be cast vp for a hobler then? I am sure I was neuer yet vntrusty to any of you both.
3.
a. An unlicensed pilot, on some parts of the coast of England: = hoveller n. 1.
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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > helmsman or pilot > unlicensed pilot
huffler1723
hoveller1769
hobbler1840
hobbling pilot1891
1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack xxvi. 180 Those pilots who ply in the Channel are called Hoblers.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Hobbler,..an unlicensed pilot.
b. A man who undertakes the moving or transporting of vessels in and out of dock; a man employed in towing vessels by a rope on land. local.
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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > associated shore-based personnel > [noun] > one who tows ships by rope
halsier1585
halster1706
tracker1817
hobbler1838
1838 W. Holloway Gen. Dict. Provincialisms Hobblers, men employed in towing vessels by a rope on the land. Somerset.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Hobbler, a man on land employed in towing a vessel by a rope.
1885 Morning Post Aug. The men were all paid off, and four hobblers were engaged to perform the necessary work while the vessel remained in port.
c. A casual labourer employed at quays, docks, etc. local.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker in specific place > [noun] > at docks > casual
hobbler1851
royals1883
seagullc1926
1851 in Illustr. London News (1854) 5 Aug. 118 Occupations of the people, Hobler, lumper.
1886 Life H. S. Brown (1887) i. 5 An Irishman, who was a hobbler on the quay.
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