pollard

Example Sentences

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I have always liked the formality of this garden, the gravel paths, the pollarded trees, the geometric patterns.

From New York Times

In my work as an arborist, I often visit wonderful woodlands — ancient forests of bristlecone pines, immense groves of redwoods, endless woods of quaking aspen or pollarded oaks.

From New York Times

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

One of them I called the Queen Beech: a 400-year-old, low-slung pollard with four enormous branches that touched the ground, like a weird, marine gastropod.

From National Geographic

Another option is to adopt a pruning regime known as pollarding, which maintains a tree at a given height permanently.

From Washington Post