hards
The short coarser fibers of flax or hempThe short coarser fibers of flax or hemp; tow.
UK/hɑːdz/US/hɑɹdz/
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)The short coarser fibers of flax or hemp; tow.
Origin
From Middle English herdes, hurdes, plural of herde (“piece of hards”), from Old English hFrom Middle English herdes, hurdes, plural of herde (“piece of hards”), from Old English heordan (“hards of flax, tow”), weak feminine plural of heorde (“headhair”), from Proto-West Germanic *heʀdā, from Proto-Germanic *hezdǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *kes- (“to comb, card”).
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Synonyms
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