Lopsided

January 5th, 2010 by admin

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  1. Paul:

    January 5th, 2010 at 3:48 pm

    Proper balance of ocean going vessels is a big deal in the nautical world. Could the original “lapsided” describe a ship so poorly balanced it’s especially vulnerable to wave action?

    Of course, it all hinges on my guess that a lapping wave could mean or have meant engulfment of a vessel by a wave.

  2. Tree Loppers Brisbane:

    July 26th, 2011 at 4:02 pm

    So lop applied to trees means they are lop sided?

  3. CC:

    September 12th, 2016 at 2:57 pm

    Pre 20thC – The head of a tennis racket used to be curved, and this was called the ‘lop’ side

  4. Greg bedford:

    December 31st, 2020 at 9:28 pm

    What about the carpentry term “shiplap,” that refers to one board laying over the other?

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