[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

hamstring \ham"string`\, v. t. imp.  p. p. hamstrung; p. pr.
    vb. n. hamstringing. see string.
   to lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee;
   to hough; hence, to cripple; to incapacitate; to disable.
   1913 webster

         so have they hamstrung the valor of the subject by
         seeking to effeminate us all at home.    --milton.
   1913 webster
see also:
hamstrung hamstringing string 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

hamstrung
     see hamstring
see also:
hamstring 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

hamstring
     n : one of the tendons at the back of the knee syn: hamstring
         tendon
     v 1: make ineffective or powerless; "the teachers were hamstrung
          by the overly rigid schedules"
     2: cripple by cutting the hamstring
     also: hamstrung
see also:
hamstring tendon hamstrung 

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