单词 | unlopped |
释义 | unloppedadj. That has not been lopped (in various senses of lop v.1); uncut, unpruned. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > high position > [adjective] > undiminished in height unlopped1570 the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [adjective] > pruned or lopped > unpruned uncorvenc1380 unlopped1570 unbranched1572 unpruned1597 unlaid1613 untrimmed1625 untonsed1819 unpollarded1830 1570 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandry (new ed.) f. 17 In lopping.., for feare of mishap, leaue one bough vnlopped to cherishe the sap. 1620 J. Brinsley tr. Virgil Eclogues v. 54/3 The hils vnlopt lift vp their voices with ioy. 1683 J. Reid Scots Gard'ner ii. v. 91 Forrest-trees are train'd up high bodies, and unlopt heads. a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 359 Those [trees] he had planted with their heads unlopped. 1797 T. Holcroft tr. F. L. Stolberg Trav. (ed. 2) IV. ci. 432 Many spacious walks sheltered by the branching unlopped trees. 1850 Times 31 Dec. 5/5 Wherever abuse is left unlopped, or weakness unstrengthened, it suggests an opportunity to foes. 1900 J. London Lord Jim (1919) xxxix. 349 He dropped on one knee, and taking aim..through the unlopped branches of a felled tree, fired. 1968 Economist 19 Oct. 53/3 (heading) The dead wood still unlopped... The service needs to be reduced in numbers and improved in quality. 2010 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 21 Aug. (Gardening section) 8 An unlopped yew hedge can put on 15in of growth a year. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1570 |
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