[ham.string] n (1565) 1 a: either of two groups of tendons at the back of the human knee b: hamstring muscle
2: a large tendon above and behind the hock of a quadruped
[2]hamstring vt -strung ; -string.ing (1641) 1: to make ineffective or powerless: cripple "hamstrung by guilt"
2: to cripple by cutting the leg tendons