Search Result for "pollard": 
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a tree with limbs cut back to promote a more bushy growth of foliage;

2. a usually horned animal that has either shed its horns or had them removed;


VERB (1)

1. convert into a pollard;
- Example: "pollard trees"
[syn: poll, pollard]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pollard \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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pollard \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. [1913 Webster] 2. A clipped coin; also, a counterfeit. [Obs.] --Camden. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zool.) (a) A fish, the chub. (b) A stag that has cast its antlers. (c) A hornless animal (cow or sheep). [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pollard n 1: a tree with limbs cut back to promote a more bushy growth of foliage 2: a usually horned animal that has either shed its horns or had them removed v 1: convert into a pollard; "pollard trees" [syn: poll, pollard]