1. to tie together the legs of (an animal) to prevent free movement
2. to impede or restrict the movement or progress of

1. a device used to tie together the legs of an animal

Examples

• The farmer decided to hopple the horse to keep it from wandering too far.
• They used rope to hopple the cattle during the roundup.
• The injury seemed to hopple his athletic performance.
• Bureaucratic red tape can hopple even the best business plans.
• The leather hopple was designed to allow the animal to graze but not roam.
• She removed the hopple from the mare’s legs at dawn.