pollard
Pronunciation: /ˈpɒl.əd/
The English word “pollard” has 7 meanings listed here.
noun
- A pruned tree; the wood of such trees.
- A buck deer that has shed its antlers.
- A hornless variety of domestic animal, such as cattle or goats.
- A European chub (Squalius cephalus, syn. Leuciscus cephalus), a kind of fish.
- A fine grade of bran including some flour. The fine cell layer between bran layers and endosperm, used for animal feed.
- 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
Etymology
From Middle English poll (“head”) + the pejorative suffix -ard (“person characterized by or associated with something, often in a negative way”). The suffix has the same meaning as in drunkard and coward. When used as a verb, it is often used to mean a cut head, which originates from the terms usage in cattle, where "pollarded" is used to mean "headed," as opposed to horned.
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