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▪ I. lopping, vbl. n.1|ˈlɒpɪŋ|
[f. lop v.1 + -ing1.]
1. The action of lop v.1
This was the cant term used by the Rye House conspirators for the killing of the King and the Duke of York: see Tryals of Walcot, Hone, etc. for High-treason (1683) 12.
c1511in Swayne Churchw. Acc. Sarum (1896) 63 For ffellynge of an Elme & for the loppynge therof byfore vjd. 1641Milton Animadv. Wks. 1851 III. 243 A punishment..for the lopping, and stigmatizing of so many free borne Christians. a1715Burnet Own Time (1724) I. 543 Walcot..liked the project of a rising, but declared he would not meddle in their lopping. 1793Jefferson Writ. (1830) IV. 479 No lopping-off of territory could be made without a lopping-off of citizens. 1848Lytton Harold xii. i, The trees were dwarfed in height by repeated loppings.
2. (Chiefly pl.) Branches and shoots lopped from a tree. Also, material for lopping.
1589J. Rider Bibl. Scholast. 884 The loppings of trees, concædes. 1600Surflet Country Farme i. x. 49 He shall gather vp the loppings to make fewell of. 1665Manley Grotius' Low C. Warres 956 Filling them with earth and small loppings of Trees. 1766Museum Rusticum 80 It is also the best kind to plant..by the sides of rills, etc. where they will produce larger lopping. 1818Southey in Q. Rev. XIX. 49 The loppings and leaves of the elm..dried in the sun, prove a great relief to cattle when fodder is dear.
3. attrib.
1659Howell Voc. xv, A lopping hook, vn falcinello. 1787Minor 160 The idea of foreign surgeons using their lopping knives. 1875Knight Dict. Mech., Lopping-shears, a pair of heavy shears for trimming bushes, hedges, etc.
▪ II. lopping, vbl. n.2|ˈlɒpɪŋ|
[f. lop v.2 + -ing1.]
Of the ears: The condition of hanging loosely.
1868Darwin Anim. & Pl. I. iv. 116 Even the elongation and lopping of the ears have influenced in a small degree the form of the whole skull. Ibid. 118 In breeding lop-eared rabbits the length of the ears, and their consequent lopping and lying flat on the face, are the chief points of excellence.
▪ III. † ˈlopping, vbl. n.3 Obs. rare.
[Cf. lop n.5]
The process of barking or tanning leather.
1773Encycl. Brit. III. 886/2 Of Lopping, or what is more properly called Tanning. This part of the operation is designed to preserve the fibres from corruption.
▪ IV. lopping, ppl. a.1|ˈlɒpɪŋ|
[f. lop v.1 + -ing2.]
That lops or cuts away.
1722Sewel Hist. Quakers (1795) I. ii. 112 By the lopping axe the sturdy oak Improves her shade.
▪ V. lopping, ppl. a.2|ˈlɒpɪŋ|
[f. lop v.2 + -ing2.]
1. Of the ears: That lop or hang down.
1685Lond. Gaz. No. 2099/4 A gray Horse with a large Head and lopping Ears. 1770G. White Selborne xxviii. 79 The ears [of the moose] were vast and lopping. 1792W. Roberts Looker-on No. 20 (1794) I. 279 The Land of Secrets, where dwell a people with long lopping ears and little gimlet eyes. 1868Darwin Anim. & Pl. I. iv. 119 The left zygomatic arch on the side of the lopping ear.
2. Of an angler's fly.
1885W. H. Russell in Harper's Mag. Apr. 769/1 With limber rod and far-reaching lopping fly.
▪ VI. lopping, ppl. a.3|ˈlɒpɪŋ|
[f. lop v.3 + -ing2.]
Of the sea: Rising and falling in short waves.
1887Spectator 29 Oct. 1453 Lying-to in a lopping sea. 1889W. S. Gilbert Foggerty's Fairy, etc. (1892) 305, I rose and fell in the sulky lopping sea. |