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hog-tie

verb

  1. to secure by tying all feet and hands together
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Wiktionary

noun

  1. The act of tying the feet together in this way.
  2. A harness used to tie the feet this way.

verb

  1. To tie the feet of person or animal together; originally all four legs of a quadruped.

    # “As an inventor,” Bob Mason suggested, “you're a howling success at shooting craps ! If I were as free of spavins, ringbone, saddle-galls, and splints as you are, I'd have that nanny-goat in here, hog-tie her, flop her and let the boy help himself. […]”

  2. To render helpless.