haulm

American  

[hawm] / hɔm /

Or halm

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.

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haulm British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of haulm

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”

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Example Sentences

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haulm

A crowded quarter of Peas is never satisfactory; the rows smother each other, and the shaded parts of the haulm produce next to nothing.

From The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition by Sutton and Sons

Where the disease is very rife it attacks haulm as well as tubers, and a yellowish-green mass may sometimes be found just above or just below the surface of the soil.

From The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition by Sutton and Sons

It is compounded of hem, i.e. haulm, a stalk, and lock, or leac, a plant, thus signifying merely a plant with a stem. 

From Springtime and Other Essays by Sir Francis Darwin

Still more the brake on the woodside, whether in late autumn, when its withered haulm helps out the well-remembered woodland scent, or in spring, when it is thrusting its volutes through last year's waste.

From Hopes and Fears for Art by William Morris

Another concession made by the farmer to the men was that each man was allowed after harvest a load of "haulm," or wheat stubble, left in the field from reaping time.

From Fragments of Two Centuries Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King by Alfred Kingston

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