LOP (2)

Lop (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lopped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Lopping (?).] [[Prov. G. luppen, lubben,to cut, geld, or OD. luppen, D. lubben.]] 1. 1. To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything; to shoorten 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.
Expunge the whole, or lop the excrescent parts. Pope. 2. 2. To cut partly off and bend down; as, to lop bushes in a hedge.