verb Hamstring v. t. (past & past part. hamstrung; pres. part. hamstringing) To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough; hence, to cripple; to incapacitate; to disable. "So have they hamstrung the valor of the subject by seeking to effeminate us all at home."
Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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