hobblerope

English

Alternative forms

• hobble-rope, hobble rope

Etymology

hobble +‎ rope

Noun

hobblerope (plural hobbleropes)

1. A rope that ties the legs together, hobbling the person or animal that is so tied up.
   • 1885, The British Veterinary Journal - Volume 20, page 3:

     draw the upper hind leg forward , by a side line passed over the neck and secured , then raise the extremities to an angle of about 45° , by passing the hobblerope through a ring overhead ;

   • 1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses, →ISBN:

     He got the sack and hobbleropes and came up and while John Grady talked to the horse he hobbled the front legs together and then took the mecate rope and handed John Grady the sack and he held the horse while for the next quarter hour John Grady floated the sack over the animal and under it and rubbed its head with the sack and passed it across the horse's face and ran it up and down between the animal's legs talking to the horse the while and rubbing against it and leaning against it.

   • 2018, Carl Peters Benedict, A Tenderfoot Kid on Gyp Water:

     He fought like a panther when they dragged him out on the flat, and when he choked down, they hobbled him with a brand new piece of hobblerope doubled and twisted good around the forefeet,