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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.

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Usage examples (11)
  • It's not a hobble (hopple) hanger (an aid to keep the horse on gait almost always used only with pacers;trotters rarely use them).
  • We tie him to a tree, and hopple his fore and hind feet, lest he may struggle.
  • Smith led him to the edge of the bog, knelt down, drew aside a branch of witch-hopple.
  • My horse, well trained to such tactics stayed where I had dismounted, without tie or hopple.
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