Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Pollard \Pol"lard\, n. [From {Poll} the head.]
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. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A fish, the chub.
(b) A stag that has cast its antlers.
(c) A hornless animal (cow or sheep).
Pollard \Pol"lard\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pollarded}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Pollarding}.]
To lop the tops of, as trees; to poll; as, to pollard
willows. --Evelyn.
Source : WordNet®
pollard
n 1: a tree with limbs cut back to promote a more bushy growth of
foliage
2: a usually horned animal that as either shed its horns or had
them removed
v : convert into a pollard; "pollard trees" [syn: {poll}]