From Middle English hord, from Old English hord (“an accumulation of valuable objects cached for preservation or future use; treasure; hoard”), from Proto-West Germanic *hoʀd, from Proto-Germanic *huzdą (“treasure; hoard”), of unknown origin, but possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *kewdʰ- (“to conceal, hide”), thus meaning “something hidden”. Cognate with German Hort (“hoard; refuge”), Icelandic hodd (“treasure”), Latin cū̆stōs (“guard; keeper”). For the meaning development, compare Russian сокро́вище (sokróvišče, “treasure”) related to Russian скрыва́ть (skryvátʹ, “to hide, to conceal”).
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A hidden supply or fund.
a hoard of provisions; a hoard of money
Be ye not willing to hoard to you gold hoards on earth, where rust and moth fortake it, and where thieves delve it and forsteal, […]1861, Thomas Oswald Cockayne, Spoon and sparrow:
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Occasionally Scots and Irish coins are also found. The gold hoards consist entirely of crown gold unites, half unites and quarter unites from the reigns of James I and Charles I.1968, Seaby's coin and medal bulletin, numbers 593-604, page 198:
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Archaeology, History, Human sciences, Sciences A cache of valuable objects or artefacts; a trove.
Etymology From Middle English horden, from Old English hordian, from Proto-West Germanic *hoʀdōn.
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To amass, usually for one's own private collection.
The days have vanish’d, tone and tint, And yet perhaps the hoarding sense Gives out at times (he knows not whence) A little flash, a mystic hint; […]1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XLIII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 66:
Be ye not willing to hoard to you gold hoards on earth, where rust and moth fortake it, and where thieves delve it and forsteal, […]1861, Thomas Oswald Cockayne, Spoon and sparrow:
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When we have new perception we shall gladly disburthen the memory of the hoarded treasures as old rubbish.1914, Margaret Bird Steinmetz, Leaves of Life:
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To save or reserve in one's mind for a future need or use.
Etymology From Middle English hord, whorde, from Anglo-Norman hurde and Old French hourd, hourt (“barrier, palisade”), from Middle Dutch horde, from Old Dutch *hurd, from Proto-West Germanic *hurdi (“wickerwork, braiding of branches, hurdle, scaffolding, military company”).
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A hoarding (temporary structure used during construction).
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A projecting structure (especially of wood) in a fortification, somewhat similar to and later superseded by the brattice.
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: