pollard

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English - Turkish
boynuzlarını kesmek
ağaç budamak
budanmış ağaç
buda
{f} budamak
boynuzları dökülmüş veya kesilmiş hayvan
hayvan/budanmış ağaç
{i} undan elenmiş kepek
(fiil) budamak
boynuzsuz soydan öküz veya koyun
{i} boynuzsuz sığır
{i} boynuzu kesilmiş sığır
English - English
An animal, such as cattle or deer, whose horns have been removed or shed
The chub (fish), Leuciscus cephalus
A mixture of bran and meal
A tree that has been pruned by cutting its branches back close to the trunk to promote a more bushy growth of foliage

Only a little pollard hedge kept us from their blood-shot eyes.

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

I didn't know one could pollard elms. I thought one only pollarded willows.

{n} a tree lopped, fine bran, fish
{i} family name; town in Alabama (USA); town in Arkansas (USA)
Surname from 14th century Irish. Derivative of Paul
A stag that has cast its antlers
A clipped coin; also, a counterfeit
A fish, the chub
convert into a pollard; "pollard trees"
{f} trim tree branches, prune a tree; cut off the horns of an animal
a usually horned animal that as either shed its horns or had them removed
to cut the top off a tree in order to make the lower branches grow more thickly (POLL in its original sense )
A hornless animal (cow or sheep)
a usually horned animal that as either shed its horns or had them removed a tree with limbs cut back to promote a more bushy growth of foliage
A tree having its top cut off at some height above the ground, that may throw out branches
Regular pruning back of to the trunk or central stem of a tree or shrub
To lop the tops of, as trees; to poll; as, to pollard willows
A tree that has been pruned in this manner
To cut branches back hard to the main trunk of a tree in order to restrict growth
{i} tree with the top branches cut back; hornless animal; counterfeit coin
a tree with limbs cut back to promote a more bushy growth of foliage
A tree that has been felled at two or more metres above ground level in order to produce a crown of poles The poles would have been traditionaly used like coppice poles but are grown out of reach of grazing animals The crowns are often valuable nesting sites for birds
- Woodland management whereby mature trees are cut to promote regrowth above the reach of browsing stock
To prune a tree heavilly, cutting branches back to the trunk, so that it produces dense new growth

Related Terms

Pollard Affair
case which developed around the jailing of Jonathan Pollard in the USA in 1985 (Pollard was arrested in 1985 and convicted of spying for Israel and sentenced to life in prison in 1987)
Jonathan Pollard
{i} (born 1945) former intelligence officer of the United States Navy who was arrested in 1985 and convicted of spying for Israel and sentenced to life in prison in 1987
pollards
plural of pollard
pollard

    Hyphenation

    pol·lard

    Turkish pronunciation

    pälırd

    Pronunciation

    /ˈpälərd/ /ˈpɑːlɜrd/

    Etymology

    [ 'pä-l&rd ] (noun.) 1611. From Middle English polle (“hair of the head”), (recorded in English since c.1290), from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch pol (“head, top”); the verb is from the noun.
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