meaning of hopple
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.
3. A fetter for horses, or cattle, when turned out to graze; -- chiefly used in the plural.
4. strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side of a horse in order to keep the like-sided legs moving in unison; "hobble race
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