hards

American  

[hahrdz] / hɑrdz /

Also hurds

plural noun

1. the refuse or coarser parts of flax or hemp, separated in hackling.

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hards British  

/ hɑːdz /

plural noun

1. coarse fibres and other refuse from flax and hemp

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Etymology

Origin of hards

First recorded before 900; Middle English herdes, Old English heordan

Example Sentences

Alonso was holding off Piastri as Russell closed in on both, the Mercedes driver using medium tyres for this final stint rather than the hards on the other two cars.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2024

But the tension dissipated shortly after Red Bull stopped for tyres on lap 25, fitting the mediums, followed by Hamilton four laps later, fitting the hards.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2022

Lap 13: Vettel has also pitted - on go the hards.

From The Guardian • Sep. 5, 2021

Mignola die hards will no doubt pick up the reference in his final pages to his previous book that the writer wistfully describes as “the best thing I’ve ever done.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2016

For with much breaking, heckling, and rubbing, hards are departed fro the substance of hemp and of flax, and is great when it is departed, and more knotty, short, and rough.

From Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus by Steele, Robert