haulm

or halm

[ hawm ]

/ hɔm /

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noun

stems or stalks collectively, as of grain or of peas, beans, or hops, especially as used for litter or thatching.

a single stem or stalk.

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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”

Words nearby haulm

haulage, haulageway, haulback, hauler, haulier, haulm, haul off, haul over the coals, haul up, haunch, haunch bone

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How to use haulm in a sentence

He had theories as to hilling potatoes, or rather as to not hilling them until the ground could be drawn round the haulm wet.
Memoirs of a Surrey Labourer|George Sturt (AKA George Bourne)
Asparagus haulm should also be cut and carried off the ground, and the beds dunged.
The Present Picture of New South Wales (1811)|David Dickinson Mann
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.
The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots, 16th Edition|Sutton and Sons
Another frequent means of dissemination is caused by consigning infected haulm to the waste heap instead of to the fire.
The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots, 16th Edition|Sutton and Sons

The first application should be given towards the end of June or early in July, immediately the haulm is sufficiently developed.
The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots, 16th Edition|Sutton and Sons

British Dictionary definitions for haulm

haulm

halm

/ (hɔːm) /

noun

the stems or stalks of beans, peas, potatoes, grasses, etc, collectively, as used for thatching, bedding, etc

a single stem of such a plant

Word Origin for haulm

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

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