hopple

hopple [hop-uh l] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN verb (used with object), hop·pled, hop·pling. to hobble; tether. Liberaldictionary.com

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Origin of hopple First recorded in 1580–90; hop1 + -le Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for hopple Historical Examples of hopple

We tie him to a tree, and hopple his fore and hind feet, lest he may struggle.

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Mayne Reid

Our custom was to feed grain, hopple the horses and take turns guarding them through the night.

Forty Years Among the Indians

Daniel W. Jones

See the purple barberries and crimson clusters of the hopple, contrasting their vivid hues!

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My horse, well trained to such tactics stayed where I had dismounted, without tie or hopple.

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British Dictionary definitions for hopple hopple verb, noun a less common word for hobble (def. 2), hobble (def. 5) Derived Formshoppler, noun Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012