(v. t.) To impede by a hopple; to tie the feet of (a horse or a cow) loosely together; to hamper; to hobble; as, to hopple an unruly or straying horse.
(v. t.) Fig.: To entangle; to hamper.
(n.) A fetter for horses, or cattle, when turned out to graze; -- chiefly used in the plural.
Example Sentences:
(1) The attackers believed Hopples’ camp had stolen, killed and eaten a cow.
(2) According to Indigenous belief, Mick Rhatigan, a former policeman and linesman, and his two Aboriginal workers, Joe Wynn and Nipper, attacked the camp of another black man, Hopples, and shot dead eight occupants.
(3) According to the non-Indigenous story, neither Rhatigan nor any other white man was involved, and the killings resulted from a dispute that began when Hopples stole Wynn’s wife.
Hoppled
Definition:
(imp. & p. p.) of Hopple
Example Sentences:
(1) The attackers believed Hopples’ camp had stolen, killed and eaten a cow.
(2) According to Indigenous belief, Mick Rhatigan, a former policeman and linesman, and his two Aboriginal workers, Joe Wynn and Nipper, attacked the camp of another black man, Hopples, and shot dead eight occupants.
(3) According to the non-Indigenous story, neither Rhatigan nor any other white man was involved, and the killings resulted from a dispute that began when Hopples stole Wynn’s wife.