Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
hog-tie v.
also hogtie, “bind hands and feet,” 1887, from hog (n.) + tie (v.). Related: Hog-tied.
Related Words for hog-tie cramp, clog, fetter, chain, hamstring, handcuff, curb, check, hinder, balk, handicap, cumber, frustrate, baffle, foil, hobble, embarrass, entangle, bar, bind Examples from the Web for hog-tie Historical Examples of hog-tie
“You’ll have to hog-tie that feller,” said one, drawing nearer than the rest in his interest.
George W. Ogden
We could throw an hog-tie her, sez Tank; and you could get it easy an comfortable.
Robert Alexander Wason
To think that you managed to hog-tie me like this without waking me up!
Ralph Henry Barbour
So you tell me who are the top of the bunch in our class, and Ill go and fetch em in if I have to rope em and hog-tie em.
Ralph Henry Barbour
To “hog-tie” him in this position, was the work of but a moment, and at last the blue-roan outlaw was a captive.
Tales from the X-bar Horse Camp
Will C. Barnes