pollarding

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pollarding - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pollard \Pol"lard\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pollarded; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Pollarding.]
     To lop the tops of, as trees; to poll; as, to pollard
     willows. --Evelyn.
     [1913 Webster]