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Webster 1913 Edition

Haulm

Haulm

(ha̤m)
,
Noun.
[OE.
halm
, AS.
healm
; akin to D., G., Dan., & Sw.
halm
, Icel.
hālmr
, L.
calamus
reed, cane, stalk, Gr.
καλαμός
. Cf.
Excel
,
Culminate
,
Culm
,
Shawm
,
Calamus
.]
The denuded stems or stalks of such crops as buckwheat and the cereal grains, beans, etc.; straw.

Haulm

,
Noun.
A part of a harness; a hame.

Webster 1828 Edition

Haulm

HAULM

Definition 2024

haulm

haulm

English

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Noun

haulm ‎(countable and uncountable, plural haulms)

  1. (collectively) The stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop to be used as animal litter or for thatching
  2. An individual plant stem.
  3. Part of a harness; a hame.

Synonyms

  • (stems of plants, used as animal litter or for thatching): straw, thatch

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Etymology

From Middle English halm, from Old English healm, from Proto-Germanic *halmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱolh₂mos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɒm/, /hɔːm/

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