hopple

H4O1P3P3L1E1
/ˈhɒpəl/

noun

A fetter for horses or cattle when turned out to graze.

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hobble
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Meanings

hopple1

nounhopple (plural hopples)

plural hopples

  1. in pluralA fetter for horses or cattle when turned out to graze.
verbhopple (third-person singular simple present hopples, present participle hoppling, simple past and past participle hoppled)

present singular third person hopples · participle present hoppling · participle past hoppled · past hoppled

  1. transitiveTo impede by a hopple; to tie the feet of (a horse or a cow) loosely together; to hobble.
  2. figurativelytransitiveTo entangle; to hamper.

    consider how we have such Faculties in us, as the Soul finds hoppled and fettered, clouded and obscured by her fatal residence in this prison of the Body

    1659, Henry More, The Immortality of the Soul, so Farre Forth as It is Demonstrable from the Knowledge of Nature and the Light of Reason, London: […] J[ames] Flesher, for William Morden […], →OCLC

Hopple2

proper nounHopple (plural Hopples)

plural Hopples

  1. A surname.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbstrap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the legs on the same side moving in unison

Similar
hobble
Broader
strap
Also see
hobbleshackle

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From hop; compare hobble.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with hopple

toppledoppelcopplestopplethrapple
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Cite this entry
APA

hopple. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hopple

MLA

“hopple.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hopple. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hopple,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hopple.

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