a burgh of barony and town of Scotland, in the county of Renfrew, on the White Cart, here crossed by an old bridge of two arches, 2½ miles S.W. of Glasgow. It consists of one long irregular street, and other smaller ones. The town has recently been much improved, and many good houses have been built. The Established Church and the Free Church have each two places of worship, and the United Presbyterians, Original Seceders, and Roman Catholics have one each. Pollockshaws contains also an old town-house, a bank, and several schools. The prosperity of the town depends chiefly on the cotton-spinning which is carried on here, and in which most of the inhabitants are employed. Silk and cotton are woven by hand and power looms; and bleaching, dyeing, and calico-printing are carried on in the town. Coal mines are worked and stone is quarried in the vicinity of Pollockshaws. Pop. (1851) 6086.