well-croppedadj.

a1652 R. Brome Court Begger i. i. sig. N6, in Five New Playes (1653) Large fruitfull Fields, rich Medowes and sweet pastures Well cropt with corne and stockd as well with Cattell.

1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. ii. 8 These rich Meadows, and well-cropt Acres.

1793 J. Ogden Georgics i. 5 in Archery The well-cropp'd field In emblematic sculpture symboliz'd.

1849 Gardeners' Chron. 18 Aug. 519/3 The ground was well cropped.

1887 Libr. Mag. July 434/1 As thick as plums on a well-cropped tree.

1906 Garden 17 Mar. 163 The benefits a well-cropped garden and a fruitful orchard would confer on a workman and his family cannot be measured alone by the return in cash.

1993 S. Plumpp Johannesburg & Other Poems 39 Then my life A well-cropped field; something hanging on every stalk and vine and 'tached to every root.

1805 P. Beaver Afr. Memoranda v. 226 Short erect ears, like..those of a well cropped terrier.

1844 Ainsworth's Mag. 6 328 This puny breed of well-cropped French poodles, compared with the genuine house and water dogs of Holberg, may be set down..as neither ‘flesh nor fowl nor good red-herring’.

1870 B. Disraeli Lothair I. x. 88 It was a square, sinewy face, closely shaven, with the exception of a small but thick moustache, brown as the well-cropped hair.

1928 B. J. Hendrick Training of Amer. i. 31 Around the house was a garden, full of old-fashioned flowers, and a beautiful well-cropped lawn.

1974 Eng. Jrnl. 63 82 Do teachers see themselves as barbers of language, committed to keeping English well-cropped and tidy?

2004 J. Russial Strategic Copy Editing vii. 111 Photographers stew when desk editors blithely crop an already well-cropped photo so that an extra inch or two of type can be squeezed in.