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 Reid, Mayne

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

“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

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

These are all now on it; oxen and milch-kine; the horses, too, hoppled neck-and-knee, to keep them from straying.

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

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

From The Boy Slaves by Reid, Mayne

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

He laughed to himself as he reached his mules and found them heavily hoppled with iron chains.

From Sunset Pass or Running the Gauntlet Through Apache Land by King, Charles

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 Marcy, Randolph Barnes

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