Lop
/lɒp/
noun
That which is lopped from anything, such as branches from a tree.
verb
(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.
“to lop the head”
Synonyms: snead