A long-handled pruning saw with a curved blade at the end and sometimes a clipper; used to prune small trees.
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.
2 The damage I'd have done with spade and loppers
3 At first, the loppers climbed up the trunk.
4 I came back the next day with a pair of loppers from home...
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.
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.
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