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Webster 1913 Edition
Hopple
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 horse2.
Fig.: To entangle; to hamper.
Dr. H. More.
Hop′ple
,Noun.
A fetter for horses, or cattle, when turned out to graze; – chiefly used in the plural.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hopple
HOP'PLE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
hopple
hopple
English
Noun
hopple (plural hopples)
Verb
hopple (third-person singular simple present hopples, present participle hoppling, simple past and past participle hoppled)
- (transitive) To impede by a hopple; to tie the feet of (a horse or a cow) loosely together; to hobble.
- (transitive, figuratively) To entangle; to hamper.
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