Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hobble skirt \Hob"ble skirt\
   A woman's skirt so scant at the bottom as to restrain freedom
   of movement after the fashion of a hobble. --
   {Hob"ble-skirt`ed}, a.

Source : WordNet®

hobble skirt
     n : a long skirt very narrow below the knees, worn between 1910
         and 1914