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Meaning of 'hopple' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Hopple [ n.]
- A fetter for horses, or cattle, when turned out to graze; -- chiefly used in the plural.
2 . Hopple [ v. t.]
- 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.
- Fig.: To entangle; to hamper.

Meaning of 'hopple' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . hopple [ v]
Meaning (1):
- strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the legs on the same side moving in unison
Example in sentence:
  • hobble race horses

Nearby Words:

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