hards

See also: Hards and härds

English

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /hɑɹdz/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /hɑːdz/
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dz

Noun

hards

plural of hard

Etymology 2

From 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”).

Alternative forms

hurds

Noun

hards (uncountable)

The short coarser fibers of flax or hemp; tow.

Synonyms

tow, oakum

Translations

The short coarser fibers of flax or hemp

Bulgarian: кълчища (kǎlčišta)

Anagrams

Dhars, shard

French

Adjective

hards

plural of hard

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