Pruning or lopping of trees. Obsolete.

The pruning or trimming of trees.

also attributive.

The action of lop, v.1

Cutting of brushwood, twigs, etc.

The action of top, v.1 in various senses. The cutting off of the top (of a tree or plant).

Pruning, clipping. (In quot. 1535 attributive) rare.

The action of prune, v.2 1; the trimming or cutting back of a plant.

The action or an act of cutting off the top or head of a tree or plant, topping; the pruning of branches. Also with back, down.

The action or an act of cutting the leaves and twigs of trees; the trimming of hedges. Cf. browser, n. 1, browse, v. 2. English regional (south-we…

The action or process of lopping a tree or its boughs. Obsolete.

(See quot. 1611.)

The action of the verb; lopping of trees.

The cutting off of the top of a tree; = pollarding, n. Obsolete. rare.

An act of pruning a tree. Obsolete. rare.

pruning of a tree or shrub carried out in the summer (rather than the winter or spring); an instance of this.

Lopping of trees; plural loppings.

The action or practice of lopping trees. Also attributive, in pollarding-knife.

The action of thin, v.1, in various senses; reduction or decrease in thickness, closeness, number, density, etc. Also with out, off, away, up…