pollard
Americannoun
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a tree cut back nearly to the trunk, so as to produce a dense mass of branches.
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an animal, as a stag, ox, or sheep, having no horns.
verb (used with object)
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pollards,
present (3rd person singular)
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pollarded,
past participle, past
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pollarding
present participle
noun
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an animal, such as a sheep or deer, that has either shed its horns or antlers or has had them removed
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a tree that has had its top cut off to encourage the formation of a crown of branches
verb
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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pollardsimple
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pollardssimple
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have pollardedperfect
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has pollardedperfect
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am pollardingprogressive
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are pollardingprogressive
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is pollardingprogressive
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have been pollardingperfect progressive
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has been pollardingperfect progressive
Past
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pollardedsimple
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had pollardedperfect
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was pollardingprogressive
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were pollardingprogressive
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had been pollardingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of pollard
Example Sentences
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Mr McBride, who records ancient trees in Wales, said the oak had enormous cultural significance as it was a pollard - it had not grown in the field naturally.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2018
This permits the tree to develop knobbly structures called pollard heads, which form natural defenses against wound decay.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 17, 2015
The pollard heads are now the size of softballs, or larger.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 17, 2015
An old pollard in Savernake Forest that could date back to Saxon times.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2014
Only the grey glimmer of water, with here and there the top of a pollard willow.
From No Quarter! by Mayne Reid
We had now reached a low waste of unenclosed land, with sedge and gorse pricking up everywhere through the snow, and with long lines of pollards marking the bed of a frozen stream.
From The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers by Mary Cholmondeley
Why should not pear and walnut-trees supply the place of oaks, elms, and ash; the apple, plum, cherry, damson, and mulberry, that of the birch, yew, and all pollards?
From A Morning's Walk from London to Kew by Richard Phillips
That is, their tops are cut off, which makes a large crop of young shoots spring out, giving a shock-headed effect which in gnarled old pollards by river-banks is picturesque enough.
From Miscellanea by Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing
There are not only fine thriving oaks, throwing out their gigantic arms, but sturdy pollards without end, which seem to have set time and season and decay at defiance.
From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 by Various
Large districts are kept to about the size of hop-poles, growing on pollards three or four feet from the ground, by charcoal burners, who, in all instances, are smiths too.
From The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 by Horace Waller
As with many of Banksy's works, the latest piece caused a debate and range of opinions, including from some conservation campaigners who say the tree was pruned back, or pollarded, too much.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2024
Willows are coppiced — cut regularly to within an inch or two of the base to flush fresh growth — or pollarded, with cuts made higher up on the trunk or branches.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 6, 2024
The trees are pollarded, the shutters are largely drawn, the police tend toward Inspector Clouseau look-alikes.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2021
Here, more than 20 have been pollarded every winter to reduce the canopy.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 17, 2015
They bounce through a string of small green towns where pollarded trees line sleepy canals.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
Mr Stephen explained his team used an "ancient form of pruning" known as pollarding - where the upper parts of the tree are removed.
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2024
Another option is to adopt a pruning regime known as pollarding, which maintains a tree at a given height permanently.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 17, 2015
After pollarding the oak produced "a good crop of acorns", said Mr Partridge.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2013
But here it was, in this cavern, that he elaborated his system of reform, treating Christianity as a French peasant treats an oak tree, pollarding it, and lopping off every lateral, natural outgrowth.
From Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould
Fortunately the bark of the limbs supplies the demand; many a veteran tree still suffers the pollarding process, serving one generation of schoolboys after another.
From Trees Worth Knowing by Julia Ellen Rogers
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