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Definition of Hopples
1. hopple [v] - See also: hopple
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hopples
Literary usage of Hopples
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"hopples for honet. SIDE-LAT, ». A fresh set of hounds to be laid in on the scent.
A hunting term. SIDE-LIKE, adj. Such like. North. SIDELINE, adv. ..."
2. Rural Affairs by John Jacob Thomas (1878)
"I have used some of the patented hopples or fetters, but the liability of the
... Fig- 249 effective pair of iron hopples is made in the form shown in fig. ..."
3. The Horse by Isaac Phillips Roberts (1917)
"alent the reprehensible practice of driving horses wearing hopples in pacing races.
Broken-gaited horses that will neither pace nor trot naturally, ..."
4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1881)
"hopples, s&. straps or cords for fastening the fore-legs of animals together to
... Blame the gel! shay's ollus slippin' her hopples an' fallin' to pieces. ..."
5. Leicestershire Words, Phrases, and Proverbs by Arthur Benoni Evans (1881)
"Hopple, va to put ' hopples ' on an animal. hopples, sb. straps or cords for
fastening the fore-legs of animals together to prevent their straying. ..."
6. Productive Horse Husbandry by Carl Warren Gay (1914)
"They consist of the bit, shoes, weight, and hopples. Bit. ... hopples.—By uniting
a hind and a fore leg by means of hopples, a horse is held to his stride ..."
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