HOPPLED

Verb

hoppled

simple past tense and past participle of hopple

Source: Wiktionary


HOPPLE

Hop"ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoppled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoppling.] Etym: [From Hop; cf. Hobble.]

1. To impede by a hopple; to tie the feet of (a horse or a cow) loosely together; to hamper; to hobble; as, to hopple an unruly or straying horse.

2. Fig.: To entangle; to hamper. Dr. H. More.

Hop"ple, n.

Definition: A fetter for horses, or cattle, when turned out to graze; -- chiefly used in the plural.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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BACKFIRE

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