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Hopple

//ˈhɒpəl// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A fetter for horses or cattle when turned out to graze. in-plural
Verb
  1. 1
    To impede by a hopple; to tie the feet of (a horse or a cow) loosely together; to hobble. transitive
  2. 2
    strap 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 wordnet
  3. 3
    To entangle; to hamper. figuratively, transitive

    "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"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From hop; compare hobble.

Etymology 2

From hop; compare hobble.

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