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Webster 1913 Edition


Hopple

Hop′ple

,
Verb.
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
.
2.
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.
To tie the feet near together to prevent leaping; as, to hopple an unruly horse.

Definition 2024


hopple

hopple

English

Noun

hopple (plural hopples)

  1. (chiefly in the plural) A fetter for horses or cattle when turned out to graze.

Verb

hopple (third-person singular simple present hopples, present participle hoppling, simple past and past participle hoppled)

  1. (transitive) To impede by a hopple; to tie the feet of (a horse or a cow) loosely together; to hobble.
  2. (transitive, figuratively) To entangle; to hamper.
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German

Verb

hopple

  1. First-person singular present of hoppeln.
  2. First-person singular subjunctive I of hoppeln.
  3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of hoppeln.
  4. Imperative singular of hoppeln.