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WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
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hopple

 : 
Noun, Verb (usu participle)
 : 
hop=ple

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb hopple has 1 sense

  • hopple(v = verb.contact) hobble - strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the legs on the same side moving in unison; "hobble race horses"
  • is one way to strap
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something

CIDE DICTIONARY

hopplev. t. [From Hop; cf. Hobble.].
  •  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.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Fig.: To entangle; to hamper.  Dr. H. More.  [1913 Webster]
hopplen. 
     A fetter for horses, or cattle, when turned out to graze; -- chiefly used in the plural.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

hopple, v. & n.
--v.tr. fasten together the legs of (a horse etc.) to prevent it from straying etc.
--n. an apparatus for this.

Etymology
prob. LG: cf. HOBBLE and early Flem. hoppelen = MDu. hobelen jump, dance

ROGET THESAURUS

hopple

Restraint

VB restrain, check, put under restraint, lay under restraint, enthral, enthrall, inthral, inthrall, bethral, bethrall, restrict, debar, constrain, coerce, curb, control, hold back, hold from, hold in, hold in check, hold within bounds, keep back, keep from, keep in, keep in check, keep within bounds, hold in leash, hold in leading strings, withhold, keep under, repress, suppress, smother, pull in, rein in, hold, hold fast, keep a tight hand on, prohibit, inhibit, cohibit, enchain, fasten, fetter, shackle, entrammel, bridle, muzzle, hopple, gag, pinion, manacle, handcuff, tie one's hands, hobble, bind hand and foot, swathe, swaddle, pin down, tether, picket, tie down, tie up, secure, forge fetters, disable, hamstring (incapacitate), confine, shut up, shut in, clap up, lock up, box up, mew up, bottle up, cork up, seal up, button up, hem in, bolt in, wall in, rail in, impound, pen, coop, inclose, cage, incage, encage, close the door upon, cloister, imprison, immure, incarcerate, entomb, clap under hatches, lay under hatches, put in irons, put in a strait-waistcoat, throw into prison, cast into prison, put into bilboes, arrest, take up, take charge of, take into custody, take prisoner, take captive, make prisoner, make captive, captivate, lead captive, lead into captivity, send to prison, commit to prison, commit, give in charge, give in custody, subjugate.

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