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hobble chains

hobble chains is the plural of hobble chain.

Meaning of hobble chain

Noun

hobble chain (plural hobble chains)

  1. (Australia) Chain used to fetter horses or cattle.
    • He hums a song of someone / He hopes to marry soon; / And hobble-chains and camp-ware / Keep jingling to the tune.1889, Henry Lawson, “The Ballad of the Drover”, in Poems and Stories by Henry Lawson, Raleigh, NC: Hayes Barton Press, published 2006, page 221

Questions about hobble chains

What is hobble chains the plural of?
Hobble chains is the plural of hobble chain.

Words near hobble chains in the dictionary

  1. hobbits
  2. hobbitses
  3. hobbity
  4. hobble
  5. hobble chain
  6. hobble chains
  7. hobble knot
  8. hobble rope
  9. hobble ropes
  10. hobble skirt
  11. hobble skirts

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