单词 | pollarded |
释义 | pollardedadj. That has been pollarded; cut back, lopped. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [adjective] > pruned or lopped doddedc1440 lopped1570 stubbed1575 polled1587 pollard1638 putatory1656 sneddedc1700 topped1712 pollarded?1790 lopping1795 spurring-in1829 summer-pruned1830 trunkless1897 ?1790 N. Wyndham Trav. through Europe I. 212 Mulberry-trees too by the thousand, and some pollarded poplars, serve for support to the glorious grapes. 1802 M. Edgeworth Let. 15 Oct. (1979) 4 Tall poplars tripped almost to the tops as you might strip a pen; and pollarded sallies. a1834 S. T. Coleridge Specimens of Table Talk (1835) I. 177 The pollarded man, the man with every faculty except the reason. 1915 A. Conan Doyle Valley of Fear i. iv. 60 We walked down the quaint village street with a row of pollarded elms on each side of it. 1974 W. Condry Woodlands vii. 90 Anciently pollarded beeches that must surely have inspired some modern sculptors. 2001 N.Y. Times Mag. 5 Aug. 54/1 Picture wheat growing waist-high in a field, a huge pollarded elm comforting your easel. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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