# haulm

> English word · Noun · IPA /hɒm/

## Definitions
1. The stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop, which are used as animal food or litter, or for thatching.
2. An individual plant stem.
3. Part of a harness; a hame.

## Etymology
From Middle English halm, from Old English healm, from Proto-Germanic *halmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱolh₂mos. Cognate with Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos) and Latin culmus. Doublet of calame, calamus, culm, helm (Etymology 4, stalk), and qalam.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/haulm