hopple

From hop; compare hobble.

hopple (plural hopples)

1. (chiefly in the plural) A fetter for horses or cattle when turned out to graze.

hopple (third-person singular simple present hopples, present participle hoppling, simple past and past participle hoppled)

1. (transitive) To impede by a hopple; to tie the feet of (a horse or a cow) loosely together; to hobble.
2. (transitive, figuratively) To entangle; to hamper.

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hopple

1. First-person singular present of hoppeln.
2. First-person singular subjunctive I of hoppeln.
3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of hoppeln.
4. Imperative singular of hoppeln.