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

But it soon became apparent in the first stint that the cars who had started on hards were struggling.

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And he managed his position with careful judgement to make his medium-compound tyres last to the end while under pressure from the closing Norris on more durable hards.

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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.

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Hamilton started on hards and ran longer before switching to mediums, which meant his tyres were faster than Leclerc's at the time.

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Nearly all the drivers stopped for tyres, and Russell, Leclerc and Norris came out on three different compounds - Russell on softs, Leclerc on hards and Norris on mediums.

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