pollard

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EtymologyEdit

From Middle English polle (“hair of the head”), (recorded in English since c.1290), from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch pol (“head, top”); the verb is from the noun.

PronunciationEdit

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒl.əd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑ.lɚd/

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NounEdit

pollard (plural pollards)

A willow tree pollard.

1. (often attributive) A tree that has been pruned by cutting its branches back close to the trunk to promote a more bushy growth of foliage.
   • 1869, Richard Doddridge Blackmore, Lorna Doone, Chapter 65,

     Only a little pollard hedge kept us from their blood-shot eyes.

2. An animal, such as cattle or deer, whose horns have been removed or shed.
3. The chub (fish), Leuciscus cephalus.
4. (obsolete) A mixture of bran and meal.
5. A clipped or counterfeit coin.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Camden to this entry?)

VerbEdit

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pollard (third-person singular simple present pollards, present participle pollarding, simple past and past participle pollarded)

1. (horticulture) To prune a tree heavily, cutting branches back to the trunk, so that it produces dense new growth.
   • 1910, Edward Morgan Forster, Howards End, Chapter 11,

     I didn't know one could pollard elms. I thought one only pollarded willows.