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

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 ingenuity of his lady had them conveyed out of the castle in a bag on a woman's back, among some hards, as they are called, of lint.

From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)