croppe

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English cropp, croppa, from Proto-West Germanic *kropp, from Proto-Germanic *kruppaz (“body; lump; bunch; crop”). Doublet of croupe.

Alternative forms

• crop, crope, cropp, croupe, crowpe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrɔp(ə)/

Noun

croppe (plural croppes)

1. The crop (avian digestive organ)
2. The top of a plant or tree:
   1. A plant's aboveground portion.
   2. A seedling or bud; a new plant.
      • 14th c. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales. General Prologue: 5-6.

        The tendre croppes, and the yonge sonne
        Hath in the Ram his halfe cours yronne,

        (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. A year's harvest or crop.
4. (rare, figuratively) The head or end of something.
5. (rare, derogatory) The stomach or belly.

Related terms

• croppen

Descendants

• English: crop
• Scots: crap, crop, croip, cropt, croup, croop

Etymology 2

Noun

croppe

1. Alternative form of croupe

Etymology 3

Verb

croppe

1. Alternative form of croppen