Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Hopple"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. Fig.: To entangle; to hamper. --Dr. H. More.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hopple \Hop"ple\, n.
A fetter for horses, or cattle, when turned out to graze; --
chiefly used in the plural.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hopple
v : strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a
horse) in order to keep the like-sided legs moving in
unison; of race horses [syn: {hobble}]
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