hog-tie
noun1
The act of tying the feet together in this way.
2
A harness used to tie the feet this way.
hog-tie
verb1
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. […]”1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter XII, in The Understanding Heart:
2
Figuratively To render helpless.