hobbler

noun5

1. •
   One who hobbles.
2. •
   An unlicensed pilot, casual dock labourer, etc.
3. •
   A man who tows a canal boat with a rope.
4. •
   (historical) One who by tenure was to maintain a horse for military service; a kind of light-horseman in the Middle Ages who was mounted on a hobby.

   • no man shall be constrained to find men at arms, hobblers, nor archers, other than those who hold by such service — 1827
5. •
   A small horse.

   • The horse was one of the finest I had seen, not a hobbler. This was a far more delicate creature. — 2005