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Webster 1913 Edition


Pollard

Pol′lard

,
Noun.
[From
Poll
the head.]
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.
(Zool.)
(a)
A fish, the chub.
(b)
A stag that has cast its antlers.
(c)
A hornless animal (cow or sheep).

Pol′lard

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Pollarded
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Pollarding
.]
To lop the tops of, as trees; to poll;
as, to
pollard
willows
.
Evelyn.

Webster 1828 Edition


Pollard

POL'LARD

,
Noun.
[from poll.] A tree lopped.
1.
A clipped coin.
2.
The chub fish.
3.
A stag that has cast his horns.
4.
A mixture of bran and meal.

POL'LARD

,
Verb.
T.
To lop the tops of trees; to poll.

Definition 2024


Pollard

Pollard

See also: pollard

English

Proper noun

Pollard

  1. A surname.

Derived terms

pollard

pollard

See also: Pollard

English

Noun

pollard (plural pollards)

A pollard willow.
  1. (often attributive) A pruned tree; the wood of such trees.
  2. A buck deer that has shed his antlers
  3. Hornless varieties of domestic animals, as cattle or goats.
  4. (obsolete, rare) The chub (L. cephalus), a kind of fish.
  5. (now Australia) A fine grade of bran including some flour.
  6. (numismatics, historical) 13th-century European coins minted as debased counterfeits of the sterling silver penny of Edward I, at first legally accepted as a halfpenny and then outlawed.

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Verb

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.