What is the meaning of Hopple?

A fetter for horses or cattle when turned out to graze.

To impede by a hopple; to tie the feet of (a horse or a cow) loosely together; to hobble.

To entangle; to hamper.

inflection of hoppeln:

  1. first-person singular present
  2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
  3. singular imperative

first-person singular present

first/third-person singular subjunctive I

singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org