'Lopping' definitions:
Definition of 'Lopping'
From: GCIDE
- Lop \Lop\ (l[o^]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lopped; p. pr. & vb. n. Lopping.] [Prov. G. luppen, lubben, to cut, geld, or OD. luppen, D. lubben.]
- 1. To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything; to shorten by cutting off the extremities; to cut off, or remove, as superfluous parts; as, to lop a tree or its branches. "With branches lopped, in wood or mountain felled." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Expunge the whole, or lop the excrescent parts. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To cut partly off and bend down; as, to lop bushes in a hedge. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Lopping'
From: GCIDE
- Lopping \Lop"ping\, n. A cutting off, as of branches; that which is cut off; leavings. [1913 Webster]
- The loppings made from that stock whilst it stood. --Burke. [1913 Webster]