cripple
adjective
noun
°(usually _ offensive) a person who has severe impairment in his physical abilities because of deformation, injury, or amputation of parts of the body.
" He returned from war a cripple."
°a shortened wooden stud or brace used to construct the portion of a wall above a door or above and below a window.
verb
°to make someone a cripple; to cause someone to get a physical disability.
synonyms: disabled person