hopple /ˈhɒpəl/verb 2noun 1forms 3 verb2 •To impede by a hopple; to tie the feet of (a horse or a cow) loosely together; to hobble. •(figurative) 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 noun[in the plural]1 •A fetter for horses or cattle when turned out to graze. formshoppled · hoppling · hopples