Hop"ple (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoppled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hoppling (?).] [From Hop; cf. Hobble.]
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.
Dr. H. More.
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Hop"ple, n.
A fetter for horses, or cattle, when turned out to graze; -- chiefly used in the plural.
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