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Definition of Pollards
1. pollard [v] - See also: pollard
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pollards
Literary usage of Pollards
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Calendar of the Close Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office: Prepared by Great Britain Public Record Office, H. C. Maxwell Lyte, William Henry Stevenson, Great Britain Court of Chancery, England Sovereign (1272-1307 : Edward I) (1906)
"[in pollards]. The prior of St. Neots, for each pound of 210/. in pollards, the
king pardoning him 70/. in pollards. MEMBRANE 9. [The like for the following ..."
2. On Planting and Rural Ornament: A Practical Treatise by Marshall (William), Mr Marshall (1803)
"and every man who clears away the class of pollards last-mentioned, without
planting an adequate quantity of coppice wood, commits a crime against ..."
3. The Judicial Dictionary, of Words and Phrases Judicially Interpreted: To by Frederick Stroud (1903)
"606), it is said that timber and timber-like trees " would веет to include sound
pollards " ( Va, Sug. V. & P. 32). FA, Craig on Trees and Woods, ..."
4. Retrospect of Philosophical, Mechanical, Chemical, and Agricultural Discoveries (1812)
"On felling the Tops of Oak pollards. system of throwing it into immense heaps,
and turning it over till half its value is nearly lost; ..."
5. The Practical Planter, Or, A Treatise on Forest Planting: Comprehending the by Walter Nicol (1803)
"V. oy PLANTING HEDGE-ROW AND DETACHED TREES, pollards, &C. SECTION I. Preliminary
Considerations. OF the propriety of planting hedge-row trees at all, ..."
6. Remarks on Forest Scenery and Other Woodland Views by William Gilpin (1834)
"Clipped yews, lime hedges, and pollards, are, for the same reason, disagreeable:
and yet I have sometimes seen a pollard produce a good effect, ..."
7. Remarks on Forest Scenery, and Other Woodland Views by William Gilpin (1834)
"... as you generally see in the hedgerows of Surrey, and some other countries, is
disgusting. Clipped yews, lime hedges, and pollards, ..."
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