: one that hamstrings cattle specifically : one of a band of lawbreakers in Ireland that hamstrung cattle.

What does the word Hough mean in the Bible?

Definition of hough (Entry 2 of 2) now chiefly Scottish. : hamstring thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots — Joshua 11:6 (Authorized Version)

What does Hough mean in Old English?

Etymology 1

From Middle English hough, houȝ, hoch, howghe, from Old English hōh (“heel, hough”), from Proto-Germanic *hanhaz (“heel”). Doublet of hoo.