hopple

[Hop·ple]

Strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the legs on the same side moving in unison

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To impede by a hopple; to tie the feet of (a horse or a cow) loosely together; to hamper; to hobble; as, to hopple an unruly or straying horse.

Verb
strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the like-sided legs moving in unison; "hobble race horses"


v. t.
To impede by a hopple; to tie the feet of (a horse or a cow) loosely together; to hamper; to hobble; as, to hopple an unruly or straying horse.

v. t.
Fig.: To entangle; to hamper.

n.
A fetter for horses, or cattle, when turned out to graze; -- chiefly used in the plural.


Hopple

Hop"ple , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoppled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoppling .] [From Hop; cf. Hobble.] 1. To impede by a hopple; to tie the feet of (a horse or a cow) loosely together; to hamper; to hobble; as, to hopple an unruly or straying horse. 2. Fig.: To entangle; to hamper. Dr. H. More.

Hopple

Hop"ple, n. A fetter for horses, or cattle, when turned out to graze; -- chiefly used in the plural.

To impede by a hopple; to tie the feet of (a horse or a cow) loosely together; to hamper; to hobble; as, to hopple an unruly or straying horse.

A fetter for horses, or cattle, when turned out to graze; -- chiefly used in the plural.

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