pollard
Example Sentences
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Mr McBride, who records ancient trees in Wales, said the oak had enormous cultural significance as it was a pollard - it had not grown in the field naturally.
From BBC • Feb. 16, 2018
The pollard heads are now the size of softballs, or larger.
From Washington Post • Mar. 17, 2015
This permits the tree to develop knobbly structures called pollard heads, which form natural defenses against wound decay.
From Washington Post • Mar. 17, 2015
An old pollard in Savernake Forest that could date back to Saxon times.
From BBC • Oct. 27, 2014
Away, some fifty yards distant, stood an enormous pollard oak, its vast gnarled root coiled round just above the earth, forming a broad ledge about the trunk.
From Greene Ferne Farm by Jefferies, Richard
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
