hornbeam

[ hawrn-beem ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

any North American shrub or tree belonging to the genus Carpinus, of the birch family, yielding a hard, heavy wood, as C. caroliniana American hornbeam.

hornbeam

/ ˈhɔːnˌbiːm /

any tree of the betulaceous genus Carpinus, such as C. betulus of Europe and Asia, having smooth grey bark and hard white wood
the wood of any of these trees

First recorded in 1570–80; horn + beam

C14: from horn + beam , referring to its tough wood

The maple trees in Westminster Abbey represent modesty and the hornbeam trees represent resilience.

One old hornbeam-tree is pointed out as the only tree that escaped destruction.

By these hornbeam trees a little streamlet flows out from the copse and under the road by a culvert.

Ascham recommended for men of average strength arrows made of birch, hornbeam, oak, and ash.

Those who played had to wear leaves of the hornbeam-tree, and these were to be kept fresh, under penalty of a fine.

The maple, the ash, the hornbeam, the elm and the birch have yet another method of escape from the home acre.

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