hards

See also: Hards and härds

English

Etymology 1

Noun

hards

1. plural of hard

Etymology 2

From Middle English herdes, hurdes, from Old English heordan (“hards of flax, tow”), weak feminine plural of heorde (“headhair”), from Proto-Germanic *hezdǭ, *hazdaz (compare Dutch hede ‘hards, tow’, Old Norse haddr ‘hair’), from Proto-Indo-European *kes- ‘to comb, card’ (compare Hittite kišzi ~ kišanzi ‘to comb, card’, Serbo-Croatian čèšati ‘to scratch, comb’).

Alternative forms

• hurds

Noun

hards (uncountable)

1. The refuse or coarse part of flax; tow.

Synonyms

• tow, oakum

Anagrams

• Dhars, shard

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French

Adjective

hards

1. plural of hard