Dictionary entry

Hamble

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ham″ble (hăm″b'l), v. t. [OE. hamelen to mutilate, AS. hamelian; akin to OHG. hamalōn to mutilate, hamal mutilated, ham mutilated, Icel. hamla to mutilate. Cf.Hamper to fetter.] To hamstring.