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hobble-rope en · NOUN

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1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of hobblerope.
   alt of hobblerope
   • The two or three assistants being at the hobble-rope, and another holding the tail, at a given signal all pull , the hobble-rope being drawn vigorously forward or outward ( Fig 40), the tail pulled backward and to the right side, and the fore-arm rope also outwards on the right side; 1884, George Fleming, A Text-book of Operative Veterinary Surgery - Volume 1, page 43:
   • Wrapping the other end of my hobble-rope once on the saddle horn, I retrieved Alice's spurs and knelt down. 2003, Brian D Kelling, Two Guns For Paradise:
   • Her hands had been tied in front of her, there was a hobble-rope around her ankles. 2015, John Trenhaile, The Gates of Exquisite View:

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