hopple Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb 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
    hobble.
    • hobble race horses

WordNet

Hop"ple transitive verb
Etymology
From Hop; cf. Hobble.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Hoppled ; present participle & verbal noun Hoppling
Definitions
  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.
Hop"ple noun
Definitions
  1. A fetter for horses, or cattle, when turned out to graze; -- chiefly used in the plural.

Webster 1913