noun
- Plural of halm; the stems or stalks of grain plants, especially after the grain has been harvested; straw.
Usage: chiefly British; agricultural
Examples
- The farmer collected the halms after threshing the wheat.
- Halms were used as bedding for livestock on the farm.
- The golden halms covered the field after harvest.
- She bundled the halms together for winter feed.
- Halms from barley crops were traditionally woven into baskets.