haulm

IPA/hɔːm/
IPA/hɔːm/

haulm — noun

  • haulmsingular
  • haulmsplural

1. the dry stalks and stems left in a field once a crop such as peas, beans, or pot

1.名詞C2
釋義

the dry stalks and stems left in a field once a crop such as peas, beans, or potatoes has been harvested, often gathered for animal bedding or thatching

例句

After the potato harvest, Astrid raked the haulm into long rows to dry.

post-harvest agricultural context; collective uncountable use

The old barn was packed with bean haulm for the cattle's winter bedding.

compound: bean haulm; functional use as bedding

同義詞
  • stalks

    more general; refers to plant stems whether harvested or still growing

  • stubble

    specifically the short stems left in the ground after cutting cereal crops; haulm is the cut material itself

  • straw

    dry stems of grain crops like wheat or barley; haulm applies more often to legume and potato crops

文法句型

uncountable

用法筆記

Mass noun referring to the residue left behind in a field after harvest. Commonly modified by a crop name (bean haulm, pea haulm, potato haulm) to specify the source plant. Rare outside British rural and agricultural writing.

常見錯誤

❌Two haulms were stacked by the barn.
✅Two stacks of haulm were piled by the barn.
💡haulm is uncountable; you cannot pluralise it as 'haulms'.
❌The flowers of the haulm were bright yellow.
✅The flowers of the pea plant were bright yellow.
💡haulm refers only to the dry stems after harvest, not to the living plant with its flowers.