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.
Fig.: To entangle; to hamper. Dr. H. More.
A fetter for horses, or cattle, when turned out to graze; -- chiefly used in the plural.
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