SHERD

shard, sherd, fragment

(noun) a broken piece of a brittle artifact

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

sherd (plural sherds)

Obsolete form of shard.

Anagrams

• herds, shred

Source: Wiktionary


Sherd, n.

Definition: A fragment; -- now used only in composition, as in potsherd. See Shard. The thigh . . . which all in sherds it drove. Chapman.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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