pollard[verb]Synonyms: top, crop, detruncate, truncate
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pol‧lard /ˈpɒləd, -lɑːd $ ˈpɑːlərd/
verb [transitive usually passive] British English[
Date: 1600-1700;
Origin: ⇒ poll1 in its original sense 'head']
to cut the top off a tree in order to make the lower branches grow more thickly
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