(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.
Popple
Definition:
(v. i.) To move quickly up and down; to bob up and down, as a cork on rough water; also, to bubble.
(n.) The poplar.
(n.) Tares.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the course of investigation of the relationship between hypersensitivity pneumonitis and the wood industry 45 popple peelers were studied.
(2) On Wednesday, information commissioner John McMillan, privacy commissioner Timothy Pilgrim and freedom of information commissioner James Popple released a joint statement that confirmed the office would be disbanded by January 2015.
(3) The Australian information commissioner, John McMillan, told a Senate inquiry on Thursday that he and the freedom of information commissioner, James Popple, had established home offices in what he described as a “slightly more awkward” working environment.
(4) It is concluded that the occupation of popple peeling does not represent an increased risk of development of hypersensitivity pneumonitis.
(5) The acting information commissioner, Timothy Pilgrim, has now essentially assumed the role of all three commissioners after the departure of McMillan and the freedom of information commissioner, James Popple.