'Hopple' definitions:
Definition of 'hopple'
From: WordNet
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 race horses" [syn: hopple, hobble]
Definition of 'Hopple'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Fig.: To entangle; to hamper. --Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Hopple'
From: GCIDE
- Hopple \Hop"ple\, n. A fetter for horses, or cattle, when turned out to graze; -- chiefly used in the plural. [1913 Webster]