pollard

/ˈpɒl.əd//ˈpɑ.lɚd/

noun

  1. 1

    A pruned tree; the wood of such trees.

  2. 2

    A buck deer that has shed its antlers.

  3. 3

    A hornless variety of domestic animal, as cattle or goats.

  4. 4

    A European chub (Squalius cephalus, syn. Leuciscus cephalus), a kind of fish.

  5. 5

    A fine grade of bran including some flour.

  6. 6

    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.

verb

  1. 1

    To prune a tree heavily, cutting branches back to the trunk, so that it produces dense new growth.

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