| Definition of 'hopple' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) hopple, hobble
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
"hobble race horses"
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| Definition of 'hopple' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) hopple
a fetter for horses, or cattle, when turned out to graze; -- chiefly used in the plural
2. (verb) hopple
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
3. (verb) hopple
fig.: To entangle; to hamper
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