▪ I. looped, ppl. a.1
(luːpt)
Also 6 Sc. lowpit, 7 louped.
[f. loop n.1 and v.1 + -ed.]
1. Coiled or wreathed in loops; † intertwined.
‘looped tubes of Henle, the narrower portion of the urinary tubule in the kidney’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.).
| 1513 Douglas æneis ii. iv. 9 Lo! twa greit lowpit ederis, with mony thraw, Fast throw the fluide towart the land can draw. 1850 Nichol Archit. Heav. 83 Others [nebulæ] are in the meantime apart; but nevertheless of remarkable aspects: for instance Sir John Herschel's curious looped shape, the 30 Doradûs. 1860 Reeve Elem. Conchol. II. 182 A variously elaborated system of apophyses, or looped skeletons. 1877 Gray Anat. (ed. 8) 704 The tubes taking the course above described form a kind of loop, and are known as the looped or recurrent tubes of Henle. 1878 [see loop n.1 2]. |
† 2. Having, or fastened with, a loop. Of a dart: Furnished with a thong or strap for throwing.
| 1589 Rider Bibl. Scholast., Looped, or latched with loopes, amentatus. 1609 Holland Amm. Marcell. xxxi. vii. 413 They..assailed one another on both sides with louped darts and such like casting weapons. |
3. Of lace: Wrought upon a ground of fine net (cf. loop-lace (b) in loop n.1 6). looped pile (see quot. 1888). looped stitch, looped work = loop-stitch, loop-work (see loop n.1 6).
| 1698 Lond. Gaz. No. 3356/4 Lost.., two Looped Lace Pinners. 1720 Ibid. No. 5868/9, 2 Pair of fine Mechlin looped Lace Mens Ruffles. 1740 C'tess of Hertford Corr. (1805) I. 226 There are..four fine laced Brussels heads—two looped and two grounded. 1851 Illustr. Catal. Gt. Exhib. 304 Circular looped fabric machine frame for the manufacture of woolen cloths and hosiery goods. 1857 Abridgm. Specif. Patents, Sewing etc. (1871) 8 Apparatus for producing ornamental tambour or looped work on lace or other fabrics. Ibid. 20 The well-known chain or looped stitch. 1888 J. Paton in Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 467/1 Looped pile is any fabric in which the woven loops remain uncut, as in Brussels and tapestry carpets, and terry velvets. |
4. Held in a loop, held up by a loop.
| 1869 Routledge's Ev. Boy's Ann. 264 She wore the classical costume..a looped-up tunic. 1893 Spectator 23 Dec. 909/2 The plough-teams, with looped-up splinter bars banging against the trace-chains. 1898 Speaker 8 Oct. 437 In loops at the lower end of the ropes crouched some of the crew. At each stronger puff of wind the looped sailors would push off from the boat with their toes against the gunwale. |
5. Intoxicated, drunk. slang (chiefly U.S.).
| 1934 in M. H. Weseen Dict. Amer. Slang xviii. 279. 1951 ‘M. Spillane’ Big Kill ii. 46 The sap sounded half-looped. 1959 A. Bailey Making Progress vi. 63 Slater..was almost looped on the Veuve Clicquot. 1962 J. Potts Evil Wish ii. 28 Joe had gotten looped and called here. 1973 ‘R. Macdonald’ Sleeping Beauty xxxviii. 221 The message..didn't come through too clear. She talked as if she was slightly looped. |
▪ II. looped, ppl. a.2
(luːpt)
[f. loop n.2 + -ed2.]
Having loop-holes.
| 1605 Shakes. Lear iii. iv. 31 (1st Qo. 1608) How shall..Your loopt [Fo. 1623 lop'd] and windowed raggednes defend you From seasons such as these? |