Hob"bler (?), n.
One who hobbles.
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Hob"bler, n. [OE. also hobeler, OF. hobelier, LL. hobellarius. See Hobby a horse.] Eng. Hist.
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.
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