dallop

noun

1. A tuft or clump, especially an unploughed patch amongst fields of corn.

   obsolete

   Of barlie the longest and greenest ye find, / leaue standing by dallops, till time ye doo bind

Where it comes from

Origin unknown. Perhaps cognate with Norwegian dialect dolp, a lump.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry dallop (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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