The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hobble skirt \Hob"ble skirt\ A woman's skirt so scant at the bottom as to restrain freedom of movement after the fashion of a hobble. -- Hob"ble-skirt`ed, a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
hobble skirt n 1: a long skirt very narrow below the knees, worn between 1910 and 1914