Pollard
/ˈpɒl.əd/noun
A tree cut back to a stump so that it produces new shoots, or a hornless animal, especially a bull or deer.
Did you know?The word originally meant a head clipped or shorn at the top, and by extension a hornless animal, making it one of those eerie English words built around the image of removal and blunt force.
Etymological Timeline
Middle English
ME
pollard
“A clipped or shorn head; later, a hornless animal or a tree cut back to a stump”
Middle English
ME
poll
“The head, especially the top or crown of the head”
Old French
OF
pol
“Head, summit”
Late Latin
LL
polla
“Head or top”
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*pel-
“To strike, beat, or cut”