lop-ear, n. (and a.)
(ˈlɒpˈɪə(r))
[lop v.2]
1. pl. Ears that droop or hang down.
| 1692 Lond. Gaz. No. 2805/4 A plain strong bay Gelding,..a Blase in his Face, Lop-ears. 1853 Kingsley Hypatia xxi. 258 The faithful Bran, whose lop-ears and heavy jaws, unique in that land of prick-ears and fox-noses, formed the absorbing subject of conversation. |
2. A variety of rabbit with long drooping ears: see lop n.7 Also attrib.
| 1877 C. Rayson Rabbits xiii. 67 The Lop-ear. 1884 R. O. Edwards Rabbits vii. 52 The Lop-ear has often been termed the Prince of all rabbits. 1901 ‘Ian Maclaren’ Yng. Barbarians iv. 92 ‘Did ye say rabbits?’ ‘Lop-ears’, said Nestie... ‘Lop-ear rabbits, and he feeds them himself.’ |