Hopple

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  • n. A fetter for horses, or cattle, when turned out to graze; -- chiefly used in the plural.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To impede by a hopple; to tie the feet of (a horse or a cow) loosely together; to hamper; to hobble.
  • v. Fig.: To entangle; to hamper.
  • n. A fetter for horses, or cattle, when turned out to graze; -- chiefly used in the plural.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To fetter or hamper the legs, as of a horse, to prevent leaping or straying; hobble; hence, to trammel; entangle.
  • n. A fetter or shackle for the legs of horses or other animals when turned out to graze, to prevent them from leaping or straying: used chiefly in the plural.
  • To harness (a horse) so as to change its gait mechanically.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. 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
    • Verb Form
    hoppled    hoppling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    strap   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    hamper   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    coppel    copple    popple    stoppel    topple   
     
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