There is indeed a boundary, but it is at a distance and concealed: it is the trout stream in the hollow far below, winding along the narrow valley, and hidden by osier-beds and willow pollards.
"Wild Life in a Southern County"
Richard Jefferies
Though so swift, the kingfisher is comparatively easy to shoot, because he flies as straight as an arrow; and if you can get clear of bushes or willow pollards he may be dropped without trouble.
"Wild Life in a Southern County"
Richard Jefferies
We had now reached a low waste of unenclosed land, with sedge and gorse pricking up everywhere through the snow, and with long lines of pollards marking the bed of a frozen stream.
"The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers"
Mary Cholmondeley