n. The stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop to be used as animal litter or for thatching
n. An individual plant stem.
n. Part of a harness; a hame.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The denuded stems or stalks of such crops as buckwheat and the cereal grains, beans, etc.; straw.
n. A part of a harness; a hame.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. See halm.
n. An improper form of hame.
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n. stems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses collectively as used for thatching and bedding
Word Usage
"If, however, the straw, or "haulm," as it is more commonly called, is to be fed to live stock, the more quickly that the threshing is done after harvesting, the more valuable will the haulm be for such a use."