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

From The Sapphire Cross by George Manville Fenn

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

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

“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

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

Another bee was caught, imprisoned under the glass, fed, hoppled with wool, and then let go again.

From The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness by Mayne Reid

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 Mayne Reid

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

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

"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