English Explanatory Dictionary

hards

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. plural of hard
noun
  1. The short coarser fibers of flax or hemp; tow.
name
  1. plural of Hard
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/hɑɹdz/ /hɑːdz/

Word forms

hards hurds

Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

tow oakum
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