The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hoppling
Hopple \Hop"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoppled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoppling.] [From Hop; cf. Hobble.]
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.
Fig.: To entangle; to hamper.
--Dr. H. More.
Wiktionary
hoppling
vb. (present participle of hopple English)