Hobble-skirted

Hobble-skirted
Hobble skirt Hob"ble skirt A woman's skirt so scant at the bottom as to restrain freedom of movement after the fashion of a hobble. -- {Hob"ble-skirt`ed}, a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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