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plural hoards
A hidden supply or fund. examples
(archaeology) A cache of valuable objects or artefacts; a trove.
third-person singular simple present hoards, present participle hoarding, simple past and past participle hoarded
To amass, usually for one's own private collection. examples
A hoarding (temporary structure used during construction). examples
A projecting structure (especially of wood) in a fortification, somewhat similar to and later superseded by the brattice. quotations examples
Eventually, the wooden hoards gave way to similar stone constructions called bretèches. These served exactly the same purpose as the hoard, sometimes being built over the same corbel brackets that had once supported hoards […]
1993, Christopher C. Henige, Church Fortification in the Périgord
A hoarding (billboard). examples
Misspelling of horde. examples