pollard

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English poll (“head”) + the pejorative suffix -ard (“person characterized by or associated with something, often in a negative way”). The suffix has the same meaning as in drunkard and coward. When used as a verb, it is often used to mean a cut head, which originates from the terms usage in cattle, where "pollarded" is used to mean "headed," as opposed to horned. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɒl.əd/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɑ.lɚd/ Rhymes: -ɒlə(ɹ)d === Noun === pollard (plural pollards) (often attributive) A pruned tree; the wood of such trees. 1903, Howard Pyle, The Story of King Arthur and His Knights, Part III, Chapter Third, page 116 And at this place there was a long, straight causeway, with two long rows of pollard willows, one upon either hand. A buck deer that has shed its antlers. 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. (numismatics, historical) A 13th-century European coin minted as a debased counterfeit of the sterling silver penny of Edward I of England, at first legally accepted as a halfpenny and then outlawed. Coordinate terms: crockard, rosary, mitre, leonine, scalding, steeping, eagle ==== Translations ==== === Verb === pollard (third-person singular simple present pollards, present participle pollarding, simple past and past participle pollarded) (horticulture) To prune a tree heavily, cutting branches back to the trunk, so that it produces dense new growth. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “pollard”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. pollard on Wikipedia.Wikipedia pollarding on Wikipedia.Wikipedia