HAM'STRING, noun The tendons of the ham.
HAM'STRING, verb transitivepreterit tense and participle passive hamstrung or hamstringed.
To cut the tendons of the ham, and this to lame or disable.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.