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Meanings of lopper in English

A long-handled pruning saw with a curved blade at the end and sometimes a clipper; used to prune small trees.

        Usage of lopper in English
        1
        When the lopper had laid it bare and the woodcutters had sapped its base, five men commenced hauling at the rope attached to the top.
        Original Short Stories — Volume 03
        2
        The damage I'd have done with spade and loppers
        The Irish Times
        3
        At first, the loppers climbed up the trunk.
        The works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 5 / Une Vie and Other Stori...
        4
        I came back the next day with a pair of loppers from home...
        Radio NZ
        5
        Garden tool firm Spear & Jackson has also won praise after it saved a reader's long-arm loppers after he lost a blade-return spring.
        The Guardian
        6
        A recent examination revealed rusting loppers, the snapped head of a garden fork, two broken knapsack sprayers, and an ancient bottle of Rose Clear.
        The Irish Times
        Lopper through the time