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hards

American

[hahrdz] / hɑrdz /

Also hurds

plural noun

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

hards British

/ hɑːdz /

plural noun

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

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When Norris finally pitted, fitting the softs instead of the hards that had been the plan at the start of the race, he emerged behind Leclerc again, inevitably.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2025

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.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2025

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

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