A cutting off, as of branches; that which is cut off; leavings.
chopping branches, tops and small trees after felling into lengths such that the resultant slash will lie close to the ground.
Cutting one or more branches of a standing tree, for example, for fuel or fodder. A technique used to collect fodder for animals by cutting side branches, not the main stem. Animals can be allowed to eat the lopped branches of the tree, or they can be carried to the animals as in a zero-grazing system.
After felling, cutting branches, tops, and unwanted boles into lengths such that resultant logging debris will lie close to the ground.
cutting tree tops to a maximum specified height above the ground after a tree is felled.
Cutting all lower branches and second-order branches - those that do not grow from the main stem, but from main branches.
cutting tree tops and branches from felled trees, to bring them closer to the ground. Lopping can increase visibility, improve the forest's appearance, reduce fire danger, and speed up the rotting and return of nutrients to the soil after harvesting.
Lopping also known as Tree Lopping and Topping is the cutting of trunks and branches on trees in an attempt to contain the size of a tree or the shape.
