hards

See also: Hards and härds

English

Etymology 1

Noun

hards

1. 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)

1. The short coarser fibers of flax or hemp; tow.

Translations

The short coarser fibers of flax or hemp

• Bulgarian: кълчища (kǎlčišta)
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Synonyms

• tow, oakum

Anagrams

• Dhars, shard

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French

Adjective

hards

1. plural of hard