pollard

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: poll

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“pollard trees”Synonyms: poll
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]
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]

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