Note: Etymology: according to the OED--"Derivation obscure. Ihre has Swedish kollops 'edulii genus, confectum ex carnis fragmentis, tudite lignea probe contusis et maceratis'; modern Swedish kalops slices of beef stewed; Grimm has klops a dish made of beaten (geklopftem) meat, a steak. These seem to be the same word, but the latter is commonly associated with German klopfen to beat. Connection with the Romanic colpo, Old French colp, French coup, is not very likely phonetically. Minsheu's notion, that the first part is col- coal, suits the early sense and Latin carbonella."

Note: The list of variant spellings in the form section is incomplete and needs revision to accord with standards of later volumes of the MED. Provisional revised form section: Also col(l)oppe, colhop(pe; pl. colopes, etc. & colopus, colloppus.--notes per MLL