different between pollard vs bollard

English

Etymology

From poll (“head, scalp”) +? -ard. The coin sense derives from the original penny's uncrowned obverse bust, as opposed to the laurel-wreathed form appearing on the rosary. The verb derives from the noun.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p?l.?d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p?.l?d/

Noun

pollard (plural pollards)

1. (often attributive) A pruned tree; the wood of such trees.
   • 1869, Richard Doddridge Blackmore, Lorna Doone, Chapter 65,

     Only a little pollard hedge kept us from their blood-shot eyes.

   • 1903, Howard Pyle, The Story of King Arthur and His Knights, Part III, Chapter Third, page 116

     And at this place there was a long, straight causeway, with two long rows of pollard willows, one upon either hand.

2. A buck deer that has shed its antlers.
3. A hornless variety of domestic animal, as cattle or goats.
4. (obsolete, rare) A European chub (Squalius cephalus, syn. Leuciscus cephalus), a kind of fish.
5. (now Australia) A fine grade of bran including some flour.
6. (numismatics, 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.

   Coordinate terms: crockard, rosary, mitre, leonine, scalding, steeping, eagle

Verb

pollard (third-person singular simple present pollards, present participle pollarding, simple past and past participle pollarded)

1. (horticulture) To prune a tree heavily, cutting branches back to the trunk, so that it produces dense new growth.
   • 1910, Edward Morgan Forster, Howards End, chapter 11:

     I didn't know one could pollard elms. I thought one only pollarded willows.

Translations

Further reading

• pollard on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• pollarding on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

From Middle English bollard, probably from Middle English bole (“tree trunk”), equivalent to bole +? -ard (pejorative or diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (rhotic) IPA^(key): /?b?l??d/
• (non-rhotic) IPA^(key): /?b?l??d/, /?b?l?d/

Noun

bollard (plural bollards)

1. (nautical) A strong vertical post of timber or iron, fixed to the ground and/or on the deck of a ship, to which the ship's mooring lines etc are secured.
2. A similar post preventing vehicle access to a pedestrian area, to delineate traffic lanes, or used for security purposes.

Derived terms

• bollard condition

Translations

See also

• (traffic bollard): cone