hobble

hobble
hob‧ble /ˈhɒbəl $ ˈhɑː-/ verb1. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to walk with difficulty, especially because your legs or feet hurt ⇨ limp:
    He hobbled into the room on crutches.
2. [transitive usually passive] to deliberately make sure that a plan, system etc cannot work successfully:
    Many start-ups are hobbled by a lack of sufficient capital.
3. [transitive] to loosely fasten two of an animal’s legs together, to stop it from running away
     

THESAURUS

■ to walk with difficulty
   ▪ limp to walk with difficulty because one leg hurts, so that you put most of your weight on the other leg: Jake was limping because of the injury to his knee.
   ▪ stagger to walk or move unsteadily, almost falling over, especially because you are drunk or have been injured: They finally staggered back to the hotel at 4 o'clock in the morning. | He hit her and she staggered and fell.
   ▪ hobble to walk with difficulty in a slow and unsteady way because your legs or feet hurt or have been injured: My new shoes were so painful I could only hobble along. | She hobbled out to the car on crutches.