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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 hopple
 (vt.)把腳拴在一起腳栓

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Hop·ple v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoppled p. pr. & vb. n. Hoppling ]
 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.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Hop·ple, n. A fetter for horses, or cattle, when turned out to graze; -- chiefly used in the plural.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 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; "hobble race horses" [syn: hobble]