pollard

[before a noun] A pruned tree; the wood of such trees.

A buck deer that has shed its antlers.

A hornless variety of domestic animal, such as cattle or goats.

(Australia) A fine grade of bran including some flour. The fine cell layer between bran layers and endosperm, used for animal feed.

(historical) A 13th-century European coin minted as a debased counterfeit of the sterling silver penny of Edward I of England, at first legally accepted as a halfpenny and then outlawed.

(no longer used, rare) A European chub (Squalius cephalus, syn. Leuciscus cephalus), a kind of fish.

To prune a tree heavily, cutting branches back to the trunk, so that it produces dense new growth.