1. A person who is lame or disabled. The word "cripple" is a medically outmoded and politically incorrect term in this usage. 2. To maim or disable a person. From the Anglo-Saxon "creopan" meaning "to creep." Someone who was crippled, as from an oxcart rolling over his leg, had to creep along.

mid-13c., "to move slowly," from cripple (n.). Meaning "make a cripple of, lame" is from early 14c. Related: Crippled; crippling.

Old English crypel, related to cryppan "to crook, bend," from Proto-Germanic *krupilaz (source also of Old Frisian kreppel, Middle Dutch cropel, German krüppel, Old Norse kryppill). Possibly [..]

to disable or weaken.

deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless; "This measure crippled our efforts"; "Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work&am [..]

A structural member that is cut less than full length, such as a studding piece above a window or door.

As in "to cripple the deck." Meaning that you have most or all of the cards that somebody would want to have with the current board. If you have pocket kings, and the other two kings flop, y [..]

Defective vehicle or train. Known in the US as a Bad Order.

Any vertical framing member cut less than full length, as in cripple studs under a window opening. Back to Top

(n) someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back(v) deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless(v) deprive of the use of a limb, espec [..]

Short vertical "2 by 4's or 6's" frame lumber installed above a window or door.

A structural member that is cut less than full length, such as a studding piece above a window or door.

A helping piece when creating a shoring.

In buildings, a framing member that is shorter than usual, as a stud above a door opening or below a window.

Crippled. * '''1599''' — , '', iv 1'' *: ''And chide the cripple tardy-gaited night, who, like a foul and ugly witch, doth limp so tediously away.''