a less common word for hobble (sense 2), hobble (sense 5)
Derived forms
hoppler (ˈhoppler)
noun
hopple in American English
(ˈhɑpəl)
noun, verb transitiveWord forms: ˈhoppled or ˈhoppling
hobble
hopple in American English
(ˈhɑpəl)
transitive verbWord forms: -pled, -pling
to hobble; tether
Word origin
[1580–90; hop1 + -le]This word is first recorded in the period 1580–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: category, humanist, mandarin, motor, scramble-le is a suffix of verbs having a frequentative force. Other words that use the affix-le include: baffle, gamble, jostle, nibble, straddle