hopple

[hop-uhl]

verb (used with object)

hoppled, hoppling 

1. to hobble; tether.

hopple

/ ˈhɒpəl /

verb

1. a less common word for hobble hobble

Other Word Forms

• hoppler noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of hopple¹

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

Example Sentences

One jumper will soon teach the trick to a whole flock; and if one by chance is brought in, it should be immediately hoppled or killed.

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With one length of the rope so recently misused on himself, Pape improvised handcuffs; with another hoppled the ankles of the jurist.

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All are put out to grass, “hoppled” or tethered on trail-ropes.

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"You're getting your second wind; all you need is a little more weight forward and jogged every morning in hopples for about ten days and you've got 'em all skinned in your class."

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

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