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- Dictionarypollard/ˈpɒləd/
verb
- 1. cut off the top and branches of (a tree) to encourage new growth at the top: "it was the practice of local authorities to pollard these trees on a regular basis"
noun
- 1. a tree whose top and branches have been pollarded: "young trees have grown up between the pollards"
- 2. an animal that has lost its horns or cast its antlers. archaic
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The meaning of POLLARD is a tree cut back to the trunk to promote the growth of a dense head of foliage.
noun [ C ] agriculture specialized us / ˈpɑː.lɚd / uk / ˈpɒl.əd / / ˈpɒl.ɑːd /. a tree cut back at the top so that the tree then grows a small mass of branches close together: Young trees have grown up between the pollards, competing for light, water and nutrients.
Pollard definition: a tree cut back nearly to the trunk, so as to produce a dense mass of branches.. See examples of POLLARD used in a sentence.
noun. 1. a hornless goat, deer, ox, etc. 2. a tree with its top branches cut back to the trunk, so as to cause a dense growth of new shoots. verb transitive. 3. to change into a pollard.
pol·lard. (pŏl′ərd) n. 1. A tree whose top branches have been cut back to the trunk so that it may produce a dense growth of new shoots. 2. An animal, such as an ox, goat, or sheep, that no longer has its horns. tr.v. pol·lard·ed, pol·lard·ing, pol·lards. To convert or make into a pollard.
Definitions of pollard. noun. a tree with limbs cut back to promote a more bushy growth of foliage. see more. noun. a usually horned animal that has either shed its horns or had them removed. see more. verb. convert into a pollard.
Noun. 1. † Originally: a male deer that has cast its antlers. Later: a… 2. † Awnless wheat. Cf. sense A.1. Obsolete. 3. Bran sifted from flour; spec. a fine grade of bran… 4. A tree which has had its upper trunk and branches cut back… in OED Second Edition (1989) adjective. ( attributive ). 1. ?1523–. Of wheat: awnless.
Jun 15, 2024 · A hornless variety of domestic animal, such as cattle or goats. ( obsolete, rare) A European chub ( Squalius cephalus, syn. Leuciscus cephalus ), a kind of fish. (now Australia) A fine grade of bran including some flour. The fine cell layer between bran layers and endosperm, used for animal feed.
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