lopping Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb cut off from a whole
    discerp; lop; sever.
    • His head was severed from his body
    • The soul discerped from the body
  2. verb cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
    trim; prune; clip; cut back; crop; snip; lop; dress.
    • dress the plants in the garden

WordNet

Lop"ping noun
Definitions
  1. A cutting off, as of branches; that which is cut off; leavings.
    The loppings made from that stock whilst it stood. Burke.

Webster 1913