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ˈthroppled, ˈthrappled, a. [f. thropple n. + -ed2.] Having a thropple (of a specified kind). Chiefly used of horses.
1607Markham Caval. iii. (1617) 15 Cock-throppled [see cock-throppled]. 1614― Cheap Husb. (1623) 47 A full eye, open nostrill wide jawed, loose thropled, deepe neckt. 1725Bradley's Fam. Dict. s.v. Pursiness, When the Horse is Cock-thropled, for that his Throple or Wind-pipe being so long, he is not able to draw it [breath] in and out with so much Ease and Pleasure as other Horses do that are loose thropled. 1834Cock-thrappled [see cock-throppled]. |