From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpollardpol‧lard /ˈpɒləd, -lɑːd $ ˈpɑːlərd/ verb [transitive] British English CUTto cut the top off a tree in order to make the lower branches grow more thickly pollarded limesGrammar Pollard is usually passive.→ See Verb tableOrigin pollard (1600-1700) → POLL1 in its original sense “head”
