HOPPLE

v. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

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.
v.

Fig.: To entangle; to hamper. Dr. H. More.

3.
n.

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


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