† poll-shredv.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. = pollard v.
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sneda800
shredc1000
crop?c1225
purgec1384
parea1398
shear1398
shridea1425
dodc1440
polla1449
twist1483
top1509
stow1513
lop1519
bough?1523
head?1523
poll-shred1530
prune1547
prime1565
twig1570
reform1574
disbranch1575
shroud1577
snathe1609
detruncate1623
amputate1638
abnodate1656
duba1661
to strip up1664
reprune1666
pollard1670
shrub1682
log1699
switch1811
limb1835
preen1847
to cut back1871
shrig1873
brash1950
summer prune1980
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 614/1 I loppe a tree, I croppe, I polshred.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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