The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hurds
Hurds \Hurds\, n. [See Hards.] The coarse part of flax or hemp; hards.
Wiktionary
hurds
n. The coarse part of flax or hemp; hards.
Usage examples of "hurds".
Chase witnessed the decorticator produce seven tons of hemp hurds in two days.
A pair of intermeshing lawnmower-type beaters are placed at a 45-degree angle to the feeding chain and break the hemp stalks over the sharp edge of a steel plate, the object being to break the woody portion of the straw and whip the hurds from the fiber.
Isochanvre, a rediscovered French building material made from hemp hurds mixed with lime, actually petrifies into a mineral state and lasts for many centuries.