2 entries under this word

Pollard

Pŏl'lard, n.

noun

n. [From poll.] 1. A tree having its top cut off at some height above the ground, that it may throw out branches. “Grubbing up an old pollard ash.” Pennant.

  1. A coin which has been clipped; and hence, a counterfeit. “Certain coins of money called pollards.” Fabyan.
  2. The chub fish. Ainsworth.
  3. A stag that has cast his horns.
  4. A mixture of bran and meal. Ainsworth.

Pŏl'lard, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. POLLARDED; p. pr. & vb. n. POLLARDING.] To lop the tops of, as trees; to poll. Evelyn.