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pollenger dial.|ˈpɒlɪndʒə(r)| [? f. polling vbl. n. + -er1, or for earlier *pollager, f. pollage + -er1.] A pollard tree.
1573Tusser Husb. (1878) 78 Now lop for thy fewell old pollenger growen [ed. 1557 the powlinges well growen]. 1610in Coke's Rep. (1738) xiii. 67 Consuevit ad ejus libitum amputare ramos omnimodarum arborum, called pollengers, or husbords. 1738transl., A custom..to cut down and take at their pleasure all manner of trees called pollengers or husbords. |