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

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Etymology

Origin of hopple

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

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

hopple hoppled hoppling

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

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

From The Sapphire Cross by George Manville Fenn

“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

The man had seen one or two of the hoppled animals straying from the camp.

From The Boy Slaves 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

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 plaza was overgrown with grass; a few mules, with their fore feet hoppled, were pasturing upon it, and at long intervals a single horseman crossed it.

From Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. by John L. Stephens

"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

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

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