Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hamble \Ham"ble\, v. t. [OE. hamelen to mutilate, AS. hamelian;
   akin to OHG. hamal[=o]n to mutilate, hamal mutilated, ham
   mutilated, Icel. hamla to mutilate. Cf. {Hamper} to fetter.]
   To hamstring. [Obs.]