haulm

or halm

[ hawm ]

noun

1. stems or stalks collectively, as of grain or of peas, beans, or hops, especially as used for litter or thatching.
2. a single stem or stalk.

haulm

/ hɔːm /

noun

1. the stems or stalks of beans, peas, potatoes, grasses, etc, collectively, as used for thatching, bedding, etc
2. a single stem of such a plant

Word History and Origins

Origin of haulm¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English halm, Old English healm; cognate with Dutch, German halm, Old Norse halmr; akin to Latin culmus “stalk,” Greek kálamos “reed”

Word History and Origins

Origin of haulm¹

Old English healm; related to Old Norse halmr, Old High German halm stem, straw, Latin culmus stalk, Greek kalamos reed, Old Slavonic slama straw

Example Sentences

He had theories as to hilling potatoes, or rather as to not hilling them until the ground could be drawn round the haulm wet.

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Asparagus haulm should also be cut and carried off the ground, and the beds dunged.

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It is next to impossible to grow them too well; for if the haulm runs up higher than usual, the produce will be the finer.

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Another frequent means of dissemination is caused by consigning infected haulm to the waste heap instead of to the fire.

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The first application should be given towards the end of June or early in July, immediately the haulm is sufficiently developed.

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