He dare not stoop to cut the hobbles, as the action would be observed, and suspicion would be instantly aroused.

He knew that the Indians choke them with the noose round the neck until they fall down exhausted and covered with foam, when they creep up, fix the hobbles, and the line in the lower jaw, and then loosen the lasso to let the horse breathe, and resume its plungings till it is almost subdued, when they gradually draw near and breathe into its nostrils.

He dropped his rifle, and with the speed of a deer sprang towards the fallen horse, and affixed the hobbles to his legs.

We apprehend his imperial highness, the heir to the crown, to have some tendency toward the high heels; at least we can plainly discover one of his heels higher than the other, which gives him a hobble in his gait.

He's too touchy to sabe hobbles if you don't.

Then he deftly whipped some hobbles on his front paws.

I got down, and some of the other drivers got out the hobbles and bound them round her legs.