Word Meaning

hopples definition and meaning

v. t. 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.
v. t. Fig.: To entangle; to hamper.
n. A fetter for horses, or cattle, when turned out to graze; -- chiefly used in the plural.