Hopple
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈhɒpəl/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hopple is a noun meaning (transitive) To impede by a hopple; to tie the feet of (a horse or a cow) loosely together; to hobble.
Meaning
(transitive) To impede by a hopple; to tie the feet of (a horse or a cow) loosely together; to hobble.
More Meanings
- (transitive, figurative) To entangle; to hamper.
- (chiefly in the plural) A fetter for horses or cattle when turned out to graze.
Example Sentences
consider how we have such Faculties in us, as the Soul finds hoppled and fettered, clouded and obscured by her fatal residence in this prison of the Body
Word Forms
- hopples
- hoppling
- hoppled
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pastern, bail, horsing, hobble chain, bullet, fodderer.
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