pollard

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: pol=lard

CIDE DICTIONARY

pollard, n. [From Poll the head.].

•  A tree having its top cut off at some height above the ground, that may throw out branches.  Pennant.  [1913 Webster]
•  A clipped coin; also, a counterfeit.  Camden.  [1913 Webster]
•  A fish, the chub.  [1913 Webster]

pollard, v. t. 

 To lop the tops of, as trees; to poll; as, to pollard willows.  Evelyn.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

pollard, n. & v.
--n.
1 an animal that has lost or cast its horns; an ox, sheep, or goat of a hornless breed.
2 a tree whose branches have been cut off to encourage the growth of new young branches, esp. a riverside willow.
3 a the bran sifted from flour. b a fine bran containing some flour.
--v.tr. make (a tree) a pollard.

Etymology

POLL(1) + -ARD

ROGET THESAURUS

pollard

Littleness

N littleness, smallness, exiguity, inextension, parvitude, parvity, duodecimo, Elzevir edition, epitome, microcosm, rudiment, vanishing point, thinness, dwarf, pygmy, pigmy, Liliputian, chit, pigwidgeon, urchin, elf, atomy, dandiprat, doll, puppet, Tom Thumb, Hop-o'-my-thumb, manikin, mannikin, homunculus, dapperling, cock-sparrow, animalcule, monad, mite, insect, emmet, fly, midge, gnat, shrimp, minnow, worm, maggot, entozoon, bacteria, infusoria, microzoa, phytozoaria, microbe, grub, tit, tomtit, runt, mouse, small fry, millet seed, mustard seed, barleycorn, pebble, grain of sand, molehill, button, bubble, point, atom, fragment, powder, point of a pin, mathematical point, minutiae, micrometer, vernier, scale, microphotography, photomicrography, micrography, photomicrograph, microphotograph, microscopy, microscope (optical instruments), little, small, minute, diminutive, microscopic, microzoal, inconsiderable, exiguous, puny, tiny, wee, petty, minikin, miniature, pygmy, pigmy, elfin, undersized, dwarf, dwarfed, dwarfish, spare, stunted, limited, cramp, cramped, pollard, Liliputian, dapper, pocket, portative, portable, duodecimo, dumpy, squat, short, impalpable, intangible, evanescent, imperceptible, invisible, inappreciable, insignificant, inconsiderable, trivial, infinitesimal, homoeopathic, atomic, subatomic, corpuscular, molecular, rudimentary, rudimental, embryonic, vestigial, weazen, scant, scraggy, scrubby, thin, granular, shrunk, brevipennate, in a small compass, in a nutshell, on a small scale, minutely, microscopically.

Shortness

VB be short, render short, shorten, curtail, abridge, abbreviate, take in, reduce, compress, epitomize, retrench, cut short, obtruncate, scrimp, cut, chop up, hack, hew, cut down, pare down, clip, dock, lop, prune, shear, shave, mow, reap, crop, snub, truncate, pollard, stunt, nip, check the growth of, foreshorten (in drawing).