To walk or move along haltingly or with difficulty; limp.v.tr.1. To put a device around the legs of (a horse, for example) so as to hamper but not prevent movement.2. To cause to limp.3. To hamper the action or progress of; impede. See Synonyms at hamper1.n.1. A hobbling walk or gait.2. A device, such as a rope or strap, used to hobble an animal. 3. Archaic An awkward situation.
I think what the poster meant was cobbler, as in one who cobbles together things with ellipsis or ellipses. But the use of cobbler in that sense is not used either, since that space has been taken up by the reference to a shoemaker. Just my attempt to read into the poster's mind.
Just as I thought....no such word as "hobbler". :-)