lopping
Pronunciation:
/ˈlɒpɪŋ/verb
Definitions
(usually with off) To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything, especially to prune a small limb off a shrub or tree, or sometimes to behead someone.
To hang downward; to be pendent; to lean to one side.
To allow to hang down.
Example: to lop the head
noun
Definitions
The cutting off of branches, etc.
That which is cut off; leavings.