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hards

American  
[hahrdz] / hɑrdz /
Also hurds

plural noun

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


hards British  
/ hɑːdz /

plural noun

  1. coarse fibres and other refuse from flax and hemp

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of hards

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

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Red Bull ran him on an inverted strategy starting on the hards and switching to the mediums and delayed his final pit stop as late as possible.

From BBC May 25, 2025

The top four had started on medium tyres, while Russell, Verstappen and Hamilton behind them were on the hards.

From BBC May 26, 2024

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

From The Guardian Sep. 5, 2021

So be certain that each second of this trailer was scrutinized for spoilers, and possibly even intentionally threaded with a few bread crumbs for the die hards.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 20, 2015

The Anglo-Saxon term for the hards, or the coarse part, of flax or unplucked wool.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher

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