(Entry 1 of 3) 1 Scottish : a flock of sheep. 2 Scottish : the land grazed by a flock of sheep like a poor lamb that has wandered from its own native hirsel— Sir Walter Scott. 3 Scottish : a large number or quantity : multitude.

What is a Hirpler?

(Entry 1 of 2) chiefly Scottish. : to walk with a limp : hobble. hirple.

Is Hirple an English word?

To hirple. This remarkable verb appeared in The Daily Scotsman on June 19 in a report by correspondent Mike Aitken. ... The verb is defined in the Oxford English Dictionary as “to walk or move with a gait between walking and crawling; to walk lamely, hobble.”