Clipping

[Couch Potatoe]

The act of cutting off, curtailing, or diminishing; the
practice of clipping the edges of coins.

[Tanya Shivari]

A small piece trimmed from something.

[Monty]

Clipping in Ice Hockey. Describes the action of a player deliberately falling into or checking an opponent who is in possession of the puck by making contact below the knee. This action results in a penalty being assessed to the offending player.

[Vania]

a piece that has been cut off something: