haulm

English

/hɒm/

noun
Definitions
  • (uncountable) The stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop to be used as animal litter or for thatching.
  • (countable) An individual plant stem.
  • (countable) Part of a harness; a hame.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English halm inherited from Old English healm inherited from Proto-Germanic *halmaz inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱolh₂mos (stalk).

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Proto-Indo-European

*ḱolh₂mos

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stalk

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