hopple

Plural: hopples

Verb

Verb Forms: hoppled, hoppling, hopples

• To hobble an animal, preventing it from straying.
• 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
• To impede by a hopple; to tie the feet of (a horse or a cow) loosely together; to hobble.
• To entangle; to hamper.

Noun

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

Examples

• Sometimes you need to HOPPLE your high-scoring tiles, waiting for the perfect opportunity to play them.

Synonyms

hobble

Anagrams of hopple