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5 horse related terms (carriages, anatomy, breeds, tack)
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hobble
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synonyms: spancel ???
tags: [equestrian]
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Definition:A fetter for horses, or cattle, when turned out to graze; -- chiefly used in the plural.Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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The other horses too were frightened, and splashing through the water with their hobbled legs, and drawing their hoofs out of the thick mud with a squelching sound, they bounded out of the marsh.
Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina
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We returned to the inn at sunset, pausing at the top of the hill to be sure that the horses of the Watch were no longer hobbled outside.
Diana Gabaldon. Outlander (1991)
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Looking more closely, Newt saw why the Captain had not bothered to stop the escape: the mule was hobbled.
Larry McMurtry. Lonesome Dove (1985)
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Old Grise approached the fence, making her hopples ring, tried to leap over into the road to follow her daughter; then, seeing that she started off at a fast trot, she neighed in her turn, and stood looking after her, pensive and disturbed in mind, with her nose in the air, and her mouth filled with grass which she forgot to eat.George Sand. The Devil's Pool (George B. Ives translation) (1901)
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