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loppare

loppare [cf. ME lopped, E Mod. E to lop] , a to trim (tree or sim., by cutting off twigs, branches, etc.); b to cut off (twigs, branches, from tree or sim.). a 1397 pro xij quercubus ‥ prostrandis, shredandis, et ~andis KR Ac 479/23; 1400 (v. fagotare a); ~are et shredare arbores Mod. Ten. Hund. A iiii (v. b infra); 1539 debet ~are arbores superpendentes regiam viam CourtR 173/46 r. 6; 1539 ~are et cropare ‥ arbores (v. croppare 2); arbores ‥ fuerunt toppate et ~ate, Anglice topped and lopped Entries 490. 2.  b eadem ligna fuerunt ~ata de arboribus in eadem foresta crescentibus Mod. Ten. Hund. A iiii; custodes foreste ‥ usi fuerunt loppare et shredare arbores ‥, et ligna sic ~ata et shredata ad usum suum ‥ asportare Ib..

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