Hypertext Webster Gateway: "haulm"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Haulm \Haulm\, n. [OE. halm, AS. healm; akin to D., G., Dan., &
Sw. halm, Icel. h[=a]lmr, L. calamus reed, cane, stalk, Gr.
?. Cf. {Excel}, {Culminate}, {Culm}, {Shawm}, {Calamus}.]
The denuded stems or stalks of such crops as buckwheat and
the cereal grains, beans, etc.; straw.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Haulm \Haulm\, n.
A part of a harness; a hame.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

haulm
n : stems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses
collectively as used for thatching and bedding [syn: {halm}]


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