hobble skirt

hobble skirt ExamplesWord Origin noun

1. a woman’s skirt that is very narrow at the bottom, causing the wearer to walk with short, mincing steps.

Origin of hobble skirt First recorded in 1910–15 Examples from the Web for hobble skirt Historical Examples of hobble skirt

The sarong is scant and reminds one strongly of the hobble-skirt, as no Malay is able to take a full stride in it.

The Critic in the Orient

George Hamlin Fitch

She declines to wear a hobble-skirt; but decline or not, she hobbles through life.

Poor Relations

Compton Mackenzie

British Dictionary definitions for hobble skirt hobble skirt noun

1. a long skirt, popular between 1910 and 1914, cut so narrow at the ankles that it hindered walking