Meaning of POLLARD
| Pronunciation: | | 'pâlurd
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- [n] a usually horned animal that as either shed its horns or had them removed
- [n] a tree with limbs cut back to promote a more bushy growth of foliage
- [v] convert into a pollard, as of trees
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| | Synonyms: | | poll |
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| | See Also: | | clip, crop, cut back, dress, lop, prune, ruminant, snip, tree, trim | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Pol"lard\, n. [From {Poll} the head.]
1. A tree having its top cut off at some height above the
ground, that may throw out branches. --Pennant.
2. A clipped coin; also, a counterfeit. [Obs.] --Camden.
3. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A fish, the chub.
(b) A stag that has cast its antlers.
(c) A hornless animal (cow or sheep).
\Pol"lard\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pollarded}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Pollarding}.]
To lop the tops of, as trees; to poll; as, to pollard
willows. --Evelyn.
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