Definition of Haulm

1. Noun. Stems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses collectively as used for thatching and bedding.

Exact synonyms: Halm
Generic synonyms: Stalk, Stem

Definition of Haulm

1. n. The denuded stems or stalks of such crops as buckwheat and the cereal grains, beans, etc.; straw.

2. n. A part of a harness; a hame.

Definition of Haulm

1. Noun. (''collectively'') The stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop to be used as animal litter or for thatching ¹

2. Noun. An individual plant stem. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Haulm

1. a plant stem [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Haulm

haul up
haulage
haulages
hauld
haulds
hauled
haulee
haulees
hauler
haulers
haulier
hauliers
hauling
haulm (current term)
haulmier
haulmiest
haulms
haulmy
hauls
haulse
haulsed
haulses
haulsing
haulst
hault
haulyard
haulyards

Literary usage of Haulm

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London by Horticultural Society of London (1848)
"Fresh Tubers 7745 Dry Tubers Dry haulm Tubers and haulm. Organic matter. ... 122 545 1146 The tubers and haulm Tubers. Starch Starchy fibre . ..."

2. Tracts Relative to the Island of St. Helena: Written During a Residence of by Alexander Beatson (1816)
"In regard to the loss sustained in potatoe haulm, it seems to me, there is a very simple, and perhaps an advantageous mode of averting it. ..."

3. The Judicial Dictionary, of Words and Phrases Judicially Interpreted, to by Frederick Stroud (1903)
"haulm.— V. STRAW. HAUNT. — V. Murphy v. Arrow, cited FOUND. HAVE. — A devise to children "who have Issue," means who have Issue when the Will takes effect ..."

4. The Potato: A Practical Treatise on the Potato, Its Characteristics by Samuel Fraser (1905)
"The haulm. 10. The leaf. 11. The vigor of the variety. This is important, although it is of equal importance to obtain a vigorous strain of a variety, ..."

5. Guide to Methods of Insect Life and Prevention and Remedy of Insect Ravage by Eleanor Anne Ormerod (1884)
"turns to the pupa within, and from this there comes out the haulm Fly, ... haulm Fly, grub and pupa; nat. si?e and magnified; with infested stem. ..."

6. The Orchard: Including the Management of Wall and Standard Fruit Trees, and by Charles McIntosh (1839)
"... by sprinkling them with lime-water, tobacco-water, or, according to some, with a decoction of walnut-tree leaves, potato haulm, or chamomile flowers. ..."

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