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What (who) is Hopple - definition

DEVICE FOR PREVENTING OR LIMITING THE LOCOMOTION OF A HUMAN OR ANIMAL

Hobbling; Hopple (device); Spancel

hopple

¦ verb &noun Riding another term for hobble (in sense 2).

Origin

C16: prob. of Low Ger. origin.

hopple

v. a.

Fetter (an animal), hobble.

Hopple

·vt Fig.: To entangle; to Hamper.

II. Hopple ·noun A fetter for horses, or cattle, when turned out to graze;

- chiefly used in the plural.

III. Hopple ·vt 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.

Wikipedia

Hobble (device)

A hobble (also, and perhaps earlier, hopple), or spancel, is a device which prevents or limits the locomotion of an animal, by tethering one or more legs. Although hobbles are most commonly used on horses, they are also sometimes used on other animals. On dogs, they are used especially during force-fetch training to limit the movement of a dog's front paws when training it to stay still. They are made from leather, rope, or synthetic materials such as nylon or neoprene. There are various designs for breeding, casting (causing a horse or other large animal to lie down with its legs underneath it), and mounting horses.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobble (device)

Examples of use of Hopple

1. There is still work to be done, though, Hopple said.

2. "I was invited to a function of theirs, and they threw one hell of a party," Hopple said.

3. By Charles Blanchard Staff Writer Aleksandr Grouss / For MT Dennis Hopple, chairman of United Way Moscow, holding a check for $145,000 at the Moscow Country Club on Friday.

4. "Maybe I was going against the trend, but I didn‘t see a major dip in May," said Dennis Hopple, president of the Center for Business Skills Development, a consulting service.

5. Hopple, an American who has been living in Russia for nearly 20 years, did not win the tournament, but saw contributions to Friday‘s fundraiser bring this year‘s total soaring to $'50,000.