harewood

American  

[hair-wood] / ˈhɛərˌwʊd /

noun

1. the greenish-gray wood of the sycamore maple, used for making furniture.

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Etymology

Origin of harewood

1655–65; variant of obsolete airewood, equivalent to obsolete aire harewood (< dialectal German Ähre ≪ Vulgar Latin *acre, Latin acer maple) + wood ¹

Example Sentences

Galaxy's interior is a veritable catalog of wood species, including eucalyptus, European plane tree, maple burl, sycamore, oak, harewood and Burma teak.

From Time Magazine Archive

In his work he introduced many light woods, such as whitewood, satinwood, and sycamore, which, when painted green, was termed harewood.

From Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings by Northend, Mary H.