Middle English Dictionary Entry
loppe n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | loppe n.(2) Also lappe. |
| Etymology | ML loppa |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Twigs or small branches trimmed from trees or bushes; also, a branch lopped from a tree; ~ hok, an instrument for lopping trees.
Associated quotations
- (1355-6) in Hope Windsor C.176 : iiij li. receptis de corticibus et lopp iiijxx quercum.
- (1356) *Pipe Roll (PRO) 32 Edw.III no.33 f.b [OD col.] : De ix s. x d. receptis de lopp et ramis ij poplers.
- (1401-2) in Cunningham Growth E.Indust.595 : De ij s. de loppis et raceinis meremii prostrati..Et de loppis fraxinorum in Rookwode venditis.
- (1439) Acc.St.Michael Bath in SANHS 2447 : Et de iiij d. solutis pro loppys receptis.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)6.45 : Stones yf thee lacketh..Sarment, or stre, or loppe [vr. lappe; L virgultis] in hit be graued.
- (1447) *Acc.R.Abbotsbury : Loppehoukis empt'.
- (1464) RParl.5.547a : Loppes and Croppes of Woode falled withynne our fryth of Leycestr'.
- a1500(1452) Cart.Boarstall in OHS 88193 : Cum loppys et conticibus quarumcumque arborum.