HOPPLE

hopple. Hopple, v.t. to tie the feet very near or together

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Hop″ple (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoppled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hoppling (?).] [[From Hop; cf. Hobble.]] 1. 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. 2. Fig.: To entangle; to hamper. Dr. H. More.