pollard Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a tree with limbs cut back to promote a more bushy growth of foliage
  2. noun a usually horned animal that has either shed its horns or had them removed
  3. verb convert into a pollard
    poll.
    • pollard trees

WordNet

Pol"lard noun
Etymology
From Poll the head.
Definitions
  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 transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Pollarded; present participle & verbal noun Pollarding
Definitions
  1. To lop the tops of, as trees; to poll; as, to pollard willows. Evelyn.

Webster 1913