[lop] n [ME loppe] (14c): material cut away from a tree; esp: parts discarded in lumbering
[2]lop vt lopped ; lop.ping (1519) 1 a (1): to cut off branches or twigs from (2): to sever from a woody plant b (1) archaic: to cut off the head or limbs of (2): to cut from a person
2. a: to remove superfluous parts from b: to eliminate as unnecessary or undesirable--usu. used with off -- lop.per n [3]lop vi lopped ; lop.ping [perh. imit.] (1578): to hang downward: droop