hopple

American  

[hop-uhl] / ˈhɒp əl /

verb (used with object)

hoppled, hoppling

1. to hobble; tether.

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hopple British  

/ ˈhɒpəl /

verb

1. a less common word for hobble hobble

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Other Word Forms

• hoppler
  noun

Etymology

Origin of hopple

First recorded in 1580–90; hop ¹ + -le

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

hopple hoppled hoppling

My horse, well trained to such tactics stayed where I had dismounted, without tie or hopple.

From The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Mayne Reid

“We’ll hopple him if he does,” said Tad.

From The Pony Rider Boys in Alaska Or, The Gold Diggers of Taku Pass by Frank Gee Patchin

Awd foaks were thar, fra near an' far, At couldn't fairly hopple; An' laffin' brats, as wild as cats, Ower heeads an' heels did topple.

From Yorkshire Dialect Poems (1673-1915) and traditional poems by Frederic William Moorman

Witch hopple bushes had been pulled up by the roots and the larger stems and branches stripped of twigs were left lying on the ground.

From Camps and Trails by Henry Abbott

We’ll get doon and hopple the ponies, my laird, and walk on to the pine-wood.

From The Sapphire Cross by George Manville Fenn

There, under a little clump of willows, was the ambulance, its mules unhitched and hoppled securely, nibbling placidly at such scant herbage as they could find.

From Foes in Ambush by Charles King

A horse," says Mr. Galton, "may be hoppled with a stirrup-leather by placing the middle around one leg, then twisting it several times and buckling it round the other leg.

From The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions by Randolph Barnes Marcy

The horses and other animals were picketted or hoppled upon the plain, which was covered with a short brown grass.

From The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire by Mayne Reid

"I've got to have him," said Billy, as he returned to his hoppled prizes and began to drive them toward the fort.

From Beadle's Boy's Library of Sport, Story and Adventure, Vol. I, No. 1. Adventures of Buffalo Bill from Boyhood to Manhood by Prentiss Ingraham

Our horses were hoppled and turned loose in the cane-brakes, with bells round their necks.

From The Crayon Papers by Washington Irving

The mountaineers and Indians seldom tether their animals, but prefer the plan of hoppling, as this gives them more latitude for ranging and selecting the choicest grass.

From The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions by Randolph Barnes Marcy