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Definition of hoppling in English English dictionary
- hopple
- {v} to tie the feet very near or together
- hopple
- strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the like-sided legs moving in unison; "hobble race horses
- hopple
- {f} hobble, tie the feet of an animal loosely together
- hopple
- A fetter for horses, or cattle, when turned out to graze; -- chiefly used in the plural
- hopple
- To entangle; to hamper
- hopple
- Fig
- hopple
- strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the like-sided legs moving in unison; "hobble race horses"
- hopple
- 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
- hopple
- A fetter for horses, or cattle, when turned out to graze; chiefly used in the plural