2. Adjective. (context: of a tree) That has been cut back heavily in order to produce dense new growth ¹
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Definition of Pollarded
1. pollard [v] - See also: pollard
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pollarded
Literary usage of Pollarded
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Forest Flora of North-west and Central India: A Handbook of the by John Lindsay Stewart, Dietrich Brandis (1874)
"The trees are pollarded every 3d or 4th year, at higher elevations every 5th year.
This is done in spring, before the new leaves appear, the smaller twigs ..."
2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1855)
"Other trees are pollarded there to prevent them from overshadowing the ...
Trees are likewise pollarded in the Netherlands, and here to strengthen the trunk ..."
3. Italian Fantasies by Israel Zangwill (1910)
"But from Mantua to Modena I saw naught but ugly brown grass over flat lands, with
pollarded elms and vines stretched from tree to tree. ..."
4. Italian Fantasies by Israel Zangwill (1910)
"... leafless stumps of trees, the brownish soil of the lake showing through the
dead sullen water, a ghost of sun hovering over rows of pollarded planes. ..."
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