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HOPPLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hopple mean?
• HOPPLE (verb)
The verb HOPPLE has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: HOPPLE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
hobble; hopple
Context example:
hobble race horses
Hypernyms (to "hopple" is one way to...):
strap (tie with a strap)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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