Meanings
noundottard (plural dottards)
plural dottards
- obsoleteAn old, decayed tree.
And for great trees , we see almost all overgrown trees in churchyards , or near ancient buildings , and the like , are pollards , or dottards , and not trees at their full height
1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “VI. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLCSynonyms: rampike
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn old, decayed tree.
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