pollard

pollard
/pol"euhrd/, n.
1. a tree cut back nearly to the trunk, so as to produce a dense mass of branches.
2. an animal, as a stag, ox, or sheep, having no horns.
v.t.
3. to convert into a pollard.
[1515-25; POLL1 + -ARD]

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