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

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

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

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

From The Sapphire Cross by Fenn, George Manville

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 Abbott, Henry

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 Reid, Mayne

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 Moorman, Frederic William

"Now this circus is only a little more than two miles off," said he, "and here I am cooped up like a hoppled horse."

From Harper's Young People, February 10, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

It would be quick work; but luckily the hoppled horses were easily and quickly caught, and in a trice bridled and saddled.

From The Vee-Boers A Tale of Adventure in Southern Africa by Reid, Mayne

First night we'd no cattle, so we only stood guard On the horses, somewhere near two hundred head; So we side-lined and hoppled, we belled and we staked, Loosed our hot-rolls and fell into bed.

From Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads by Various

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 Reid, Mayne

"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 Ingraham, Prentiss

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 Marcy, Randolph Barnes