haulm.
The stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop, which are used as animal food or litter, or for thatching.
Meaning & usage
The stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop, which are used as animal food or litter, or for thatching.
An individual plant stem.
Part of a harness; a hame.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English halm, from Old English healm, from Proto-Germanic *halmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱolh₂mos. Cognate with Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos) and Latin culmus. Doublet of French calame, calamus, culm, helm (Etymology 4, stalk), and qalam.
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