POLLARDED

Verb

pollarded

simple past tense and past participle of pollard

Adjective

pollarded (comparative more pollarded, superlative most pollarded)

(of a tree) That has been cut back heavily in order to produce dense new growth

Source: Wiktionary


POLLARD

Pol"lard, n. Etym: [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. (Zoöl.) (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.]

Definition: To lop the tops of, as trees; to poll; as, to pollard willows. Evelyn.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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