Pollard (Verb)
Meaning
Convert into a pollard; "pollard trees".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The gardeners were hired to regularly prune the trees and pollard them to maintain their desired shape.
- To maintain the structural integrity of the tree, the caretakers would annually pollard the willow.
- Pollarding trees near power lines is an essential practice to prevent electrical accidents and tree fires.
- Reducing the size of large trees by pruning often requires pollarding, a time-consuming and labor-intensive task.
- As the once-thriving street tree began to wither away, the arborists proposed to pollard it to revitalize the tree's appearance.