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”

Example Sentences

The haulm, when the seed crop has been well saved, has some feeding value, especially for cattle.

From Clovers and How to Grow Them by Shaw, Thomas

Grass, corn, white cabbages, and lettuces, and especially buck-wheat, cut, when half ripe, and flung down in the haulm.

From Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend by Cobbett, William

It may be a clerical error for "Kasabah" = stalk, haulm, straw.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 15 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

In other instances the haulm of the seed is left in the field so that the cattle have access to it.

From Clovers and How to Grow Them by Shaw, Thomas

It should always be of the same temperature as the frame, and as soon as the haulm commences to turn yellow watering must be discontinued.

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