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Haulm vs Haulmy - What's the difference?

haulm | haulmy |

As a noun haulm

is (collectively) The stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop to be used as animal litter or for thatching.

As an adjective haulmy is

characterised by having haulms.

haulm

English

Alternative forms

* halm

Noun

  • (collectively ) The stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop to be used as animal litter or for thatching
  • An individual plant stem.
  • Part of a harness; a hame.

    • Synonyms

    * straw, thatch

    Anagrams

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    haulmy

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Characterised by having haulms.
  • *1732 , J Lockman, translating Voltaire, Henriade :
  • *:Safe in their haulmy Huts they sweetly slept, / Ne'er by the Noise of Drums or Trumpets wak'd.
  • *1789 , James Adam, Practical Essays on Agriculture :
  • *:In dry hungry ground, the poles may stand nearer together, than in a rich mellow foil ; because, this last will produce the largest, and most haulmy plants.
  • *1914 , Journal of the Board of Agriculture , vol. XX.12:
  • *:Weeds are also very prevalent on dry upland grasslands, where such hay as is produced is necessarily thin and haulmy .