Hopple /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Hoppled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoppling

1. 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.
2. Fig.: To entangle; to hamper.

1. A fetter for horses, or cattle, when turned out to graze; -- chiefly used in the plural.