A long-handled pruning saw with a curved blade at the end and sometimes a clipper; used to prune small trees.
1When the lopper had laid it bare and the woodcutters had sapped its base, five men commenced hauling at the rope attached to the top.
2The damage I'd have done with spade and loppers
3At first, the loppers climbed up the trunk.
4I came back the next day with a pair of loppers from home...
5Garden tool firm Spear & Jackson has also won praise after it saved a reader's long-arm loppers after he lost a blade-return spring.
6A recent examination revealed rusting loppers, the snapped head of a garden fork, two broken knapsack sprayers, and an ancient bottle of Rose Clear.