Definition of lopper
: pruning shears with long handles
—usually used in plural
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Undaunted, Silver, a watershed ecologist, shoves the branches of sunny yellow out of the way, following the trail of her attack team of locals with loppers, set to beat back this invader: Scotch broom.
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However, there is something different about this new pair of loppers.
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Armed with machetes and loppers, four inmates of the Harris County Sheriff's Office jail walked through Telge Park to clear out invasive plants.
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Tommy Shelton and deputy Donald Dehnert, the inmates suited up with rubber boots, gloves, goggles, loppers and machetes before walking into the work area inside the park.
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When the tree is too large to pull, take a small pruning saw or loppers and cut it off and herbicide the stump.
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If your tools have moving parts, such as with pruners, shears, and loppers, disassemble them first.
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Larger branches should be cut with loppers, a pruning saw or even a chain saw.
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Use loppers for trimming trees, cutting large woody stems and clearing brush.
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First Known Use of lopper
1953
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