pollard

Significat (anglès)

Noun

1. A pruned tree; the wood of such trees.
2. A buck deer that has shed its antlers.
3. A hornless variety of domestic animal, such as cattle or goats.
4. (obsolete) A European chub (Squalius cephalus, syn. Leuciscus cephalus), a kind of fish.
5. A fine grade of bran including some flour. The fine cell layer between bran layers and endosperm, used for animal feed.
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

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

Sinònims

poll

prune

lop

pinch

chub

tip

top

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Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈpɒl.əd/

Etimologia (anglès)

From poll (“head, scalp”) + -ard. The coin sense derives from the original penny's uncrowned obverse bust, as opposed to the laurel-wreathed form appearing on the rosary. The verb derives from the noun.