pollard
11Pollard — This interesting name has two possible origins. Firstly, it may have been a nickname for a person with a close cropped head, from the Middle English word poll meaning the head plus the intensive suffix ard . The term pollard, denoting an animal… …
12pollard — I UK [ˈpɒlə(r)d] / UK [ˈpɒlɑː(r)d] / US [ˈpɑlərd] verb [transitive] Word forms pollard : present tense I/you/we/they pollard he/she/it pollards present participle pollarding past tense pollarded past participle pollarded to cut off the top of a… …
13pollard — 1. noun /ˈpɒl.əd,ˈpɑ.lɚd/ a) A tree that has been pruned by cutting its branches back close to the trunk to promote a more bushy growth of foliage. Only a little pollard hedge kept us from their blood shot eyes. b) An animal, such as cattle or… …
14pollard — I. noun Etymology: 2poll Date: 1611 a tree cut back to the trunk to promote the growth of a dense head of foliage II. transitive verb Date: 1670 to make a pollard of (a tree) …
15pollard — /pol euhrd/, n. 1. a tree cut back nearly to the trunk, so as to produce a dense mass of branches. 2. an animal, as a stag, ox, or sheep, having no horns. v.t. 3. to convert into a pollard. [1515 25; POLL1 + ARD] * * * …
16Pollard, A F — ▪ English historian and author born Dec. 16, 1869, Ryde, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, Eng. died Aug. 3, 1948, Milford on Sea, Hampshire English historian who was the leading Tudor scholar of the early 20th century. He was educated at… …
17pollard — pol|lard1 [ palərd ] verb transitive to cut off the top of a tree and its lower branches to encourage new growth pollard pol|lard 2 [ palərd ] noun count a tree that has had its top and lower branches cut off in order to encourage new growth …
18pollard — pol•lard [[t]ˈpɒl ərd[/t]] n. 1) bot a tree cut back nearly to the trunk, so as to produce a dense mass of branches 2) ahb. a hornless stag, ox, sheep, etc 3) zool. to make a pollard of • Etymology: 1515–25 …
19pollard — /ˈpɒləd / (say poluhd) noun 1. a tree cut back nearly to the trunk, so as to produce a dense mass of branches. 2. an animal, as a stag, ox, or sheep, without horns. 3. a by product of the process of the milling of wheat, used especially for… …
20pollard — n. & v. n. 1 an animal that has lost or cast its horns; an ox, sheep, or goat of a hornless breed. 2 a tree whose branches have been cut off to encourage the growth of new young branches, esp. a riverside willow. 3 a the bran sifted from flour. b …
