Dictionary entry

Collop

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Col″lop (?), n. [Of uncertain origin; cf. OF. colp blow, stroke, piece, F. coup, fr. L. colophus buffet, cuff, Gr. �] [Written also colp.] 1. A small slice of meat; a piece of flesh.

God knows thou art a collop of my flesh.

Shak.

Sweetbread and collops were with skewers pricked.

Dryden.

2. A part or piece of anything; a portion.

Cut two good collops out of the crown land.

Fuller.