Definition of Pollarding

1. Verb. (present participle of pollard) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pollarding

1. pollard [v] - See also: pollard

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pollarding

poll taker
poll tax
pollack
pollacks
pollage
pollages
pollakidipsia
pollakiuria
pollakiurias
pollam
pollams
pollan
pollans
pollard
pollarded
pollarding (current term)
pollards
pollax
pollaxes
polled
pollee
pollees
pollen
pollen antigen
pollen count
pollen counter
pollen counters
pollen extract
pollen grain
pollen grains

Literary usage of Pollarding

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Practice of Silviculture: With Particular Reference to Its Application by Ralph Chipman Hawley (1921)
"pollarding. — Sometimes trees are severely trimmed or lopped back with the ... This is known as pollarding. The point of pollarding is usually between 4 and ..."

2. The Yew-trees of Great Britain and Ireland by John Lowe (1897)
"CHAPTER V Causes of variation in growth—Retardation and acceleration—pollarding—its meaning—Frequency—Causes—Results—Rings of wood—Hollow trunks becoming ..."

3. Conservation and Development of Nontimber Forest Products in the Pacific edited by Bettina Von Hagen, James F. Weigand, Rebecca McLain, Roger Fight (1998)
"Discusses the modern Norwegian landscape, which is a product of agricultural practices that relied heavily on pollarding. The recent cessation of this ..."

4. A Manual of Forestry by William Schlich (1904)
"Reproduction by Stem Shoots, or pollarding. pollarding consists in the removal of the crown of a tree, either leaving the main stem intact or cutting it off ..."

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