Also 6 Sc. lowpit, 7 louped. [f. LOOP sb.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 LOOR sb.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 sb.1 6). Looped pile (see quot. 1888). Looped stitch, looped work = loop-stitch, loop-work (see LOOP sb.1 6).
1698. Lond. Gaz., No. 3356/4. Lost…, two Looped Lace Pinners. Ibid. (1720), No. 5868/9. 2 Pair of fine Mechlin looped Lace Mens Ruffles.
1740. C’tess Hartford, 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.
