pollard
/ˈpɑ.lɚd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.23 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A surname transferred from the nickname.
name
A town in Escambia County, Alabama, United States.
name
name
An unincorporated community in Victoria Township, Rice County, Kansas, United States.
noun
A hornless variety of domestic animal, such as cattle or goats.
Example Sentences
- "The enclosure was indeed little beyond that of a good-sized paddock – its boundaries were visible on every side – but swelling uplands, covered with massy foliage sloped down to its wild irregular turf soil – soil poor for pasturage, but pleasant to the eye; with dell and dingle, bosks of fantastic pollards – dotted oaks of vast growth – here and there a weird hollow thorn-tree – patches of fern and gorse."
- "Only a little pollard hedge kept us from their blood-shot eyes."
- "Nothing was to be seen save flat meadows, cows feeding unconcernedly for the most part, and silvery pollard willows motionless in the warm sunlight."
- "And at this place there was a long, straight causeway, with two long rows of pollard willows, one upon either hand."
- "I didn't know one could pollard elms. I thought one only pollarded willows."
- "As well as coppicing, other trees were pollarded, or lopped about 6 ft up the trunk so that the resulting growth was beyond the reach of grazing animals. Pollarding lengthens the life of trees, and the frequently made estimate '1,000 years old' could well be true of some sturdy old trunks."
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpɑ.lɚd/
- British English: /ˈpɒl.əd/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in People, Food.