1. straps or ropes used to hobble the legs of a horse or other animal to prevent it from straying

1. to hobble or restrain the legs of an animal with straps or ropes

Examples

• The farmer put hopples on the horse to keep it from wandering too far.
• She carefully adjusted the hopples to ensure they weren’t too tight.
• The old leather hopples had been used for generations on the ranch.
• He hopples the cattle each evening before letting them graze.
• The veterinarian showed them how to properly hopple the injured animal.
• Without hopples, the horses would scatter across the entire pasture.