Definition of Hople
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.
Hop"ple, n. A fetter for horses,
or cattle, when turned out to graze; -- chiefly used in the
plural.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A fetter for horses, or cattle, when turned out to graze; -- chiefly used in the plural.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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