noun
hards
Hards (noun) means the rough, short fibres left over from flax or hemp.
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The rough, short fibres left over from flax or hemp.
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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”).
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What is the meaning of hards?
"hards" (noun) means the rough, short fibres left over from flax or hemp.
What is another word for hards?
Other words for "hards" include tow.
