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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.
Hop·ple, n. A fetter for horses, or cattle, when turned out to graze; -- chiefly used in the plural.
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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]