popples

Noun (1)

popple (plural popples)

1. (dialectal) poplar
   • Some of them had recently built a pulp mill, and he called my attention to the young growths of "popple" we could see from the car window and remarked: "There's good pulp material in those trees, but it's not easy to get 'em cut. You'll strike lots of Catholic lumber-jacks who won't have anything...1911, Highways and byways of the Great Lakes, The Macmillan company, page 264

Noun (2)

popple (plural popples)

1. Choppy water; the motion or sound of agitated water (as from boiling or wind).
   • Commander Birch was a trifle uneasy when he found there was more than a popple on the sea; it was, in fact, distinctly choppy.1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 17, in Well Tackled!

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