Difference between Gimp and Hobble

What is the difference between Gimp and Hobble?

Gimp as a noun is a narrow ornamental fabric or braid of silk, wool, or cotton, often stiffened with metallic wire or coarse cord running through it, used as trimming for dresses, curtains, furniture, etc. also . while Hobble as a noun is short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses, allowing them to wander short distances but preventing them from running off.

Gimp

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Neat; trim; delicate; slender; handsome; spruce; elegant.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A narrow ornamental fabric or braid of silk, wool, or cotton, often stiffened with metallic wire or coarse cord running through it, used as trimming for dresses, curtains, furniture, etc. Also . Any coarse or reinforced thread, such as a glazed thread employed in lacemaking to outline designs, or silk thread used as a fishing leader, protected from the bite of fish by a wrapping of fine wire. The plastic cord used in the plaiting and knotting craft Scoubidou (lanyard making); or, the process itself. Gumption; spirit; ambition; vigor; pep. A person who is lame due to a crippling of the legs or feet. A crippled leg. A limp or a limping gait. A narrow ornamental fabric or braid of silk, wool, or cotton, often stiffened with metallic wire or coarse cord running through it, used as trimming for dresses, curtains, furniture, etc. Also guimpe. A sexual submissive, almost always male, dressed generally in a black leather suit. See Gimp (sadomasochism) in Wikipedia.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: (of yarn, cord, thread, etc.) To wrap or wind (surround) with another length of yarn or wire in a tight spiral, often by means of a gimping machine, creating [http://www.google.com/search?q=%22gimped+yarn%22 gimped yarn], etc. Also, generally, to wrap or twist with string or wire. See gimped. To notch or indent; to jag or make jagged; to edge with serrations or grooves. To limp; to hobble.

Hobble

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To restrict a horse with hobbles.To walk unevenly.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses, allowing them to wander short distances but preventing them from running off.An unsteady, off-balance step.

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