lop1

 
Pronunciation: /lɒp/

verb (lops, lopping, lopped)

[with object]
  • cut off (a branch, limb, or twig) from the main body of a tree: they lopped off more branches to save the tree
  • remove branches from (a tree): they had lopped some trees without permission
  • informal remove (something regarded as unnecessary or burdensome): the new rail link lops an hour off journey times

noun

[mass noun]
  • (also lop and top) branches and twigs lopped off trees: in many forests they took the lop and top, and in some cases the stump, of trees

Origin:

late Middle English (as a noun): of unknown origin