hopped

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There, under a little clump of willows, was the ambulance, its mules unhitched and hoppled securely, nibbling placidly at such scant herbage as they could find.

From Foes in Ambush by King, Charles

Not far from them two horses were hoppled.

From Three Young Ranchmen or, Daring Adventures in the Great West by Bonehill, Ralph

"Now this circus is only a little more than two miles off," said he, "and here I am cooped up like a hoppled horse."

From Harper's Young People, February 10, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

Into their midst he went and a good horse was picked out and lariated in the twinkling of an eye and quickly hoppled and turned loose.

From Beadle's Boy's Library of Sport, Story and Adventure, Vol. I, No. 1. Adventures of Buffalo Bill from Boyhood to Manhood by Ingraham, Prentiss

First night we'd no cattle, so we only stood guard On the horses, somewhere near two hundred head; So we side-lined and hoppled, we belled and we staked, Loosed our hot-rolls and fell into bed.

From Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads by Various