hopple

hopple has 4 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 6.

Definitions

• 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.
• v.. 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; "hobble race horses"