Thesaurus: pollard

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1. n. A tree having its top cut off at some height above the ground, that may throw out branches.
2. n. A clipped coin; also, a counterfeit.
3. n. A fish, the chub.
4. n. A stag that has cast its antlers.
5. n. A hornless animal (cow or sheep).
6. v. t. To lop the tops of, as trees; to poll; as, to pollard willows.
7. n. a tree with limbs cut back to promote a more bushy growth of foliage
8. n. a usually horned animal that has either shed its horns or had them removed
9. v. convert into a pollard
10. 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. (Zoöl.) (a) A fish, the chub. (b) A stag that has cast its antlers. (c) A hornless animal (cow or sheep). To lop the tops of, as trees; to poll; as, to pollard willows. Evelyn.
11. To lop the tops of, as trees; to poll; as, to pollard willows.Evelyn.
12. n. a tree with limbs cut back to promote a more bushy growth of foliage n. a usually horned animal that has either shed its horns or had them removed