hards

See also: Hards, and härds

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /hɑɹdz/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /hɑːdz/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dz

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.

Synonyms

• tow, oakum

Translations

The short coarser fibers of flax or hemp

• Bulgarian: кълчища (kǎlčišta)

Anagrams

• Dhars, shard

French

Adjective

hards

1. plural of hard