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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Hopple

/häp'-əl/ · Hop·ple · IPA /ˈhɒpəl/
01 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.
imp. & p. p. Hoppled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoppling
  1. 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. 2.
    Fig.: To entangle; to hamper.
02 n. A fetter for horses, or cattle, when turned out to graze; -- chiefly used in the plural.
  1. 1.
    A fetter for horses, or cattle, when turned out to graze; -- chiefly used in the plural.