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Webster 1913 Edition
Hockle
1.
To hamstring; to hock; to hough.
Hanmer.
2.
To mow, as stubble.
Mason.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hockle
HOCK'LE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
hockle
hockle
English
Noun
hockle (plural hockles)
Verb
hockle (third-person singular simple present hockles, present participle hockling, simple past and past participle hockled)
- To damage cordage by twisting against the lay.
Etymology 2
From imperfect and past participle hockled; from present participle and verbal noun hockling. From hock.
Verb
hockle (third-person singular simple present hockles, present participle hockling, simple past and past participle hockled)
- (transitive) To hamstring; to hock; to hough; to disable by cutting the tendons of the ham.
- (transitive) To mow, as stubble.
Etymology 3
Probably onomatopoeic.
Noun
hockle (uncountable)
Verb
hockle (third-person singular simple present hockles, present participle hocklin, simple past and past participle hockled)
References
- hockle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- “hockle” in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.