hopple en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈhɒpəl/
Etymology
From hop; compare hobble.
Meanings
- (in-plural) A fetter for horses or cattle when turned out to graze.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hopples | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Dictionary
Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
hopple en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈhɒpəl/
Etymology
From hop; compare hobble.
Meanings
- (transitive) To impede by a hopple; to tie the feet of (a horse or a cow) loosely together; to hobble.
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(figuratively, transitive) To entangle; to hamper.
consider how we have such Faculties in us, as the Soul finds hoppled and fettered, clouded and obscured by her fatal residence in this prison of the Body
1659, Henry More, The Immortality of the Soul, so Farre Forth as It is Demonstrable from the Knowledge of Nature and the Light of Reason, London: […] J[ames] Flesher, for William Morden […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hopples | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| hoppling | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| hoppled | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| hoppled | Tense=Past | lexicographic |